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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961990403321

Autore

Rembert Virginia

Titolo

Hieronymus Bosch : Hieronymus Bosch and the Lisbon temptation : a view from the third millenium / / Virginia Pitts Rembert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Parkstone International, , [2012]

ISBN

9781283959032

1283959038

9781780427485

1780427484

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Disciplina

759.9492

Soggetti

Painters - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; The Literature on Bosch to Wilhelm Fränger; Fränger's Thesis (Epiphanies and Absurdities); Fränger and Beyond; A More Prosaic View; Saint Anthony and the Devil; Saint Anthony; Temptation by the recollection of the responsibilities and pleasures of his past life; Temptation by the desires of the flesh; Temptation by pride; Temptation by physical torture; All the demons of hell are unleashed; Temptation by constant hordes; Further Temptations as recounted by Anthony himself; Final Temptations; The Prince of Darkness; The Society of Witches; Other Sorcerers and Necromancers; The Tarot; Alchemy; The Lisbon Triptych; Conclusion; Notes; Index; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Hieronymus Bosch was painting terrifying, yet strangely likeable, monsters, long before computer games were invented, often with a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental dangers that befall those who abandon the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned from 1450 to 1516, Bosch was born at the height of the Renaissance and witnessed its wars of religion. Medieval traditions and values were crumbling, thrusting man into a new universe where faith had lost some of its power and much of its magic.