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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970016203321

Titolo

Hieronymus Bosch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York], : Parkstone International, [2004?]

ISBN

9781780425788

1780425783

9781283958745

1283958740

9781780424699

1780424698

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (82 p.)

Collana

Perfect Square

Disciplina

759.9492

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

HIERONYMUS BOSCH and the LISBON ""TEMPTATION"":A VIEW from the 3rd MILLENNIUM; Biography; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sommario/riassunto

Long before computer games were invented, Hiëronymus Bosch was painting terrifying, yet strangely likable, monsters, often with a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental dangers that befalls those who abandon the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned 1450 to 1516, Bosch was born at the height of the Renaissance and witnessed its religious wars. Medieval traditions and values were crumbling, paving the way for a new universe where faith had lost its power and much of its magic.Bosch set out to warn doubters of the perils awaiting all and any who lost their f