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Hieronymous Bosch
Oversized coffee-table type book on the 15th century artist Hieronymus Bosch with full color illustrations
- GenresArtReferenceNonfiction
136 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
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January 31, 2015
Hieronymus Bosch. Just the name calls up dreamscapes and nightmares at the edge of imagining. His blending of worlds — the natural world, the demonic, and the sacred — created the most fascinating, bizarre, and mind bending body of work in the history of European art.
From the first time I saw a Bosch print I was enchanted by his powerful vision. I picked this book up about thirty years ago, and have spent untold hours lost in examining the strange and wonderful work within. Getting lost in Bosch is comparable to a psychedelic experience.
The book’s first section intermingles text with black and white sketches and painting details. Honestly, I’ve nothing to say about the text — I’m always too entranced by the art to pay it much heed. From there, it moves into standard art book format — on the right, a full page painting, and on the left text about it. Because so many of Bosch’s works were large and intricately detailed, often several pages will be devoted to one work, each page focused on a single section. All Bosch’s most mesmerizing works are here — The Last Judgement, The Garden Of Delights, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, The Ship of Fools, Death and the Miser, and so many more.
The physical book itself is of the highest quality. I’ve been pouring through its pages for three decades and it’s still like new. Even its dust jacket still seems store quality.
Anyway, grab this one up if you can. Let Bosch change the shape of your dreams and nightmares.
From the first time I saw a Bosch print I was enchanted by his powerful vision. I picked this book up about thirty years ago, and have spent untold hours lost in examining the strange and wonderful work within. Getting lost in Bosch is comparable to a psychedelic experience.
The book’s first section intermingles text with black and white sketches and painting details. Honestly, I’ve nothing to say about the text — I’m always too entranced by the art to pay it much heed. From there, it moves into standard art book format — on the right, a full page painting, and on the left text about it. Because so many of Bosch’s works were large and intricately detailed, often several pages will be devoted to one work, each page focused on a single section. All Bosch’s most mesmerizing works are here — The Last Judgement, The Garden Of Delights, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, The Ship of Fools, Death and the Miser, and so many more.
The physical book itself is of the highest quality. I’ve been pouring through its pages for three decades and it’s still like new. Even its dust jacket still seems store quality.
Anyway, grab this one up if you can. Let Bosch change the shape of your dreams and nightmares.
January 26, 2008
As someone whose equally drawn to the sacred and the profane (in other words a Catholic) Bosch is probably my favorite artist, or at least the one who speaks most directly to my fetishes, beliefs, ideals, and nightmares.
Linfert writes an interesting text to go along with the prints, striking just the right tone full of information and theory but not dryly academic. Highly recommended.
Linfert writes an interesting text to go along with the prints, striking just the right tone full of information and theory but not dryly academic. Highly recommended.
September 15, 2016
A very detailed, well researched, outstanding production that collects nearly every great to good Bosch painting we're lucky to have.
June 4, 2020
Excellent book on Bosch! I enjoyed the essay at the beginning. Bosch's stuff is so detailed, it's hard to see everything on the reproductions of the whole paintings, so I really appreciated the many "close-up" plates they provided.
August 13, 2026
I don't have this particular book, so find one with as many of his paintings as possible. The many beaks? The masks of the plague.
January 25, 2008
great plates, very comprehensive
November 29, 2010
I used this more as a reference guide rather than as a book that I read from page to page.
March 3, 2015
4-5 stars for the art, 2 stars for the text and the way the book is arranged.
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