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A Genius is Raised from the Dead
Five hundred years ago in 1516, Hieronymus Bosch – one of the world’s greatest painters – passed away, leaving behind a body of work that has beguiled, inspired and outraged his audiences. Sadly, an unknown number of his paintings were destroyed by fanatics during the wars of the reformation. The works that survived, however, have inspired generations of scholars, surrealist artists and science fiction writers.
Very little is known about the man behind the paintings and in 'The Infidel’s Garden,’ I’ve depicted him as a subversive who, through his controversial masterpiece: ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights'; foreshadowed the downfall of a Christian Church wallowing in corruption.
To honor this genius on the quincentenary of his death, I've written a more detailed piece about the joys of bringing such an enigmatic character back to life on my blog. You can link to it here: http://www.theinfidelsgarden.com/
And here's another link to a wonderful article on his work and life from The New York Review of Books.
Enjoy!
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/...
Very little is known about the man behind the paintings and in 'The Infidel’s Garden,’ I’ve depicted him as a subversive who, through his controversial masterpiece: ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights'; foreshadowed the downfall of a Christian Church wallowing in corruption.
To honor this genius on the quincentenary of his death, I've written a more detailed piece about the joys of bringing such an enigmatic character back to life on my blog. You can link to it here: http://www.theinfidelsgarden.com/
And here's another link to a wonderful article on his work and life from The New York Review of Books.
Enjoy!
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/...
