Hieronymus Bosch- Art

Hieronymus Bosch

Bosch's work included incredible attention to detail and often surreal imagery. Most of his works depicted religious concepts and a lot of his work showed the many sins,flaws,wrong doings and there out comes of human beings,

''The cure of Folly'' is one of Boschs first most known pieces and it dates around 1494. The image depicts the misguided medical facilities of the day and how laughable they were. The inscription reads...

Master, cut away the stone

my name is Lubbert Das"

Through out his entire career he focussed mostly on religious topics and I find this one the most intriguing. This is The haywain a triptych by him, it was thought to be finished around 1500. In the first pannel Adam and Eve are depicted in the garden of Eden and all is well and beautiful, in the second pannel things are getting a little hectic and people are shown engaging in sinful behaviour. in the third panel hell is depicted to show what would happen and where you'd end up if you acted as the people are in the second panel.

Hieronymus Bosch- Life

Hieronymus Bosch

Bosch was a painter from the Netherlands. Although he was not born with this name he was born under the name Jheronimus van Aken and went by many other names during his career. He made his name by mostly by depicting religious concepts. Not a lot is known of Bosch as he left behind no diaries or lettres of any kind. Everything that we know about him has been acquired from accounts from other people. Nothing is known about his methods whilst creating his pieces or the way he was in his daily life, what is even more stressing is that we do not know the exact reason behind his works or if there was any hidden reason for his obsession with painting religious and moral concepts.

Boschs grandfather and father were both artists although none of there works have survived to the present day it is though that one of these men may have taught Hieronymus what he knows and may have even influenced him in what he painted. In 1488 he joined the brotherhood of our lady. The brotherhood was an arch-conservative religious group consisting of members from Boschs home town and also members from all over Europe. Hieronymus married Aleyt Goyaerts van den Meerveen in-between 1479 and 1481, they moved to a nearby town and inherited land and property from her father. The brotherhood recorded Boschs death in 1516. 

ancient greece

Ancient Greece

Greek art has a profound effect through the ages, it has influenced many artists and its styles have been reproduced in the modern day. Ancient Greece was dominated by religion, so its clearly expressed in the art of the time.  Most recorded paintings depicted god like figures on vases and walls of beautifully built temples.
Greek religion was focused on various beliefs and cult practices. When it came to greek religion there was not only one god but multiple and all were depicted through art as beautifully posed figures the women were exquisitely beautiful and the males had defined muscles and were ultimately strong and overpowering. 

Neolithic cave painting.

Neolithic cave painting.

Neolithic in its simplicity means the new stone age, and it was around 40.000 years ago. During this period the first recorded pieces of art have been found. Mostly found in caves on ceilings and walls of the caves. The exact reasons of these paintings are not known, although it has been decided that they were not just for decoration, as many of the paintings were painted on parts of the cave which were hard to reach. It is thought that the beginning of religious beliefs started around this time, as among the paintings found on the walls there was images depicting women as 'goddesses' and bulls being worshipped. This suggested the beginning of religious beliefs in this era.

ancient egypt

The ancient Egyptian civilisation reached its peak around 3150 BC. They originated in North africa and based around the river nile. The purpose of art in this period of the civilisation was mostly for religious and spiritual beliefs. 

They preformed elaborate burial procedures which included mummification although all burials included goods for the deceased if you were a wealthier person, you would be buried in a tomb. Among being buried with fine riches and luxuries in which was believed would be taken with you into the afterlife, your life and various relative occasions would be carved and or painted onto the walls of your tomb. For paint they would use various minerals, soot and charcoal.

This is an image from the walls of a burial chamber. These would depict various important moments in the deceased.

Another major main aspect for visual communication in ancient Egypt was the book of the dead. This was a book full of chants, and spells,  it was basically a funerary text used to help people cope with the recently deceased or people that are close to death and what awaits them in the afterlife.

The ancient egyptians were extremely religiously and spiritually influenced in nearly everything they did.