I always liked this painting, entitled "The Garden of Earthly Delights," by Hieronymus Bosch. Call me crazy. (You're crazy!) I remember seeing this bizarre medieval allegorical in an art class in college and laughing at all the little scenes of torment and suffering. Bosch as a painter was preoccupied with hell and its psychological and moral implications, which explains the rich symbolism and allegory--Carl Jung even called him "the master of the monstrous... the discoverer of the unconscious." In this painting, he specifically describes Dante's version of hell, and depicts actual scenes from the book. It is fascinating. And now, we have action figues.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
abandon hope, all ye who enter
I always liked this painting, entitled "The Garden of Earthly Delights," by Hieronymus Bosch. Call me crazy. (You're crazy!) I remember seeing this bizarre medieval allegorical in an art class in college and laughing at all the little scenes of torment and suffering. Bosch as a painter was preoccupied with hell and its psychological and moral implications, which explains the rich symbolism and allegory--Carl Jung even called him "the master of the monstrous... the discoverer of the unconscious." In this painting, he specifically describes Dante's version of hell, and depicts actual scenes from the book. It is fascinating. And now, we have action figues.
