Only20paintingsandeightdrawingsareconfidentlyassignedtoNetherlandishpainterHieronymusBosch(c.1450-1516)butintheirfantasticalvisionstheyhavesecuredhisplaceasoneofthemostcultartistsinhistory.500yearsonfromhisdeath,hisworkscontinuetoinspirescholars,artists,designers,andmusicians,deathmetalbandnamesanddesignerdresses.ThiseditionoffersthecompleteandhauntingBoschworldinonecompactformat.Throughfullspreadsandcarefullycurateddetails,weexplorethefullreachandcompellinginventionsoftheartist’sgeniusaswellasdisturbingimagination.Weencounterhishybridcreatures,hisnightmarishscenarios,hisreligiousandmoralframework,andhispictorialversionsofcontemporaryproverbsandidioms.Alongtheway,arthistorianandBoschexpertStefanFischerrevealsthemostimportantthemesandinfluencesinthesecryptic,mesmerizingmasterpieces.
