34: Hieronymus Bosch • The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part I)

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Nov 13, 2022

Hieronymus Bosch, the famous painter of The Garden of Earthly Delights, is the guest in this episode. The podcast explores the riddle hidden in the painting and questions if it's an idyllic paradise or a sinful false paradise. The episode discusses what makes The Garden of Earthly Delights a work of creative genius, the theories of madness surrounding it, and the mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch himself.

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INSIGHT

Visual Metaphor

The Garden of Earthly Delights is not madness but a visual metaphor.
This is a modern concept, making Bosch a pioneer.

ANECDOTE

Bosch's Background

Bosch was a respected artist, not a shunned outsider.
He came from a family of painters and enjoyed a comfortable life.

INSIGHT

Financial Freedom

Bosch's financial security allowed artistic freedom and experimentation.
He could afford to be weird.

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Hieronymus Bosch created one of the strangest and most talked about paintings in art history: The Garden of Earthly Delights. But there is a riddle hidden in the garden: is it an idyllic paradise or a sinful false paradise? On this episode, we will dive deeper than ever before to search for the answer.

Other questions we will explore on this episode: what makes The Garden of Earthly Delights a work of creative genius? Why do some historians consider it a work of madness? And what do we really know about the mysterious painter: Hieronymus Bosch?

View a video companion of this episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7IIv6uXWqQM3qyhzyKBluT?si=2841e67a5ac64e45

View a high resolution version of The Garden of Earthly Delights online: http://boschproject.org/view.html?pointer=0.426,0.005&i=00MCPVIS

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Research Sources:

Bosch: The Complete Works by Stephen Fischer (Published by Taschen)
Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares by Nils Buttner
Hieronymus Bosch: New Insights Into His Life And Work (Published by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam)
Bosch by Carl Linfert

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The Garden of Earthly Delights is permanently on display at the Museo Nacional del Prado, in Madrid, Spain.

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Audio Editor: Marisa Ferdenzi

Music by MJDorian

Written & Produced by MJDorian

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