Hieronymus Bosch and the vision of hell in the late Middle Ages

Author

Gibson, Walter S.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

Meiji University International Exchange Programs guest lecture series ; Num. 8.

Source

Hieronymus Bosch and the vision of hell in the late Middle Ages. 1990, 60 p., 28 ill.

Publisher

Center for International Programs, Meiji University, [Tokyo] (jpn)

Publication country

Japan

Abstract (en)

Discusses Bosch's depictions of Hell, especially as represented in the Last Judgment (Vienna, Akademie der bildende Künste), Haywain (Madrid, Museo del Prado), and Garden of Earthly Delights (Madrid, Museo del Prado). Shows how Bosch draws on traditional literary and pictorial descriptions of the afterlife as well as new sources, such as manuscript illumination, to create a new and frightening vision of the fate awaiting unrepentant sinners. Contrasts Bosch's conception of Hell with the orderly vision of Dante Alighieri as presented in the Inferno, noting that both represent different aspects of medieval theology.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Netherlands
• Bosch, Hieronymus (Hieronymus van Aken), ca.1450-1516
• Painting
• Netherlands
• 1400-1600
• Hell
• Christian iconography
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
• Inferno
• Comparison
• Medieval
• Iconography
• Literature

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Pays-Bas
• Bosch, Hieronymus (Hieronymus van Aken), v.1450-1516
• Peinture
• Pays-Bas
• 1400-1600
• Enfer
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
• Inferno
• Comparaison
• Moyen Age
• Iconographie
• Littérature

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424549

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