{"product_id":"hieronymus-bosch-visions-and-nightmares-paperback","title":"Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNils B?tner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Mathews\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible biography of the celebrated early Netherlandish painter, now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his lifetime the early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch was famous for his phantasmagoric images, and today his name is synonymous with the infernal. The creator of expansive tableaus of fantastic and hellish scenes--where any devil not dancing is too busy eating human souls--he has been as equally misunderstood by history as his paintings have. In this book, Nils B?tner draws on a wealth of historical documents--not to mention Bosch's paintings--to offer a fresh and insightful look at one of history's most peculiar artists on the five-hundredth anniversary of his death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bosch's paintings have elicited a number of responses over the centuries. Some have tried to explain them as alchemical symbolism, others as coded messages of a secret cult, and still others have tried to psychoanalyze them. Some have placed Bosch among the Adamites, others among the Cathars, and others among the Brethren of the Free Spirit, seeing in his paintings an occult life of free love, strange rituals, mysterious drugs, and witchcraft. As B?tner shows, Bosch was--if anything--a hardworking painter, commissioned by aristocrats and courtesans, as all painters of his time were. Analyzing his life and paintings against the backdrop of contemporary Dutch culture and society, B?tner offers one of the clearest biographical sketches to date alongside beautiful reproductions of some of Bosch's most important work. The result is a smart but accessible introduction to a unique artist whose work transcends genre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNils B?tner \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of art history at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLandscape Painting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Gardens in Painting\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOtto Dix and New Objectivity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnthony Mathews\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate lecturer at the Open University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765493367072,"sku":"9781789147926","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee7dc481e0b3b622b9312a9e19b3690b.webp?v=1780271657","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hieronymus-bosch-visions-and-nightmares-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}