Bosch's paramorphic dreamscapes
Hieronymus Bosch was a 15th century Netherlandish painter who drew detailed triptychs showing religious concepts, sin, pain, hellish landscapes, and disproportionate sizing of elements. Humans and animals in mythical interaction, nature and scenery borrowing textures from unexpected objects. Ubiquitous forms are molded obtusely to create an odd assemblage. It is as though the viewer is tossed into a nightmare mid-scene, this world is dazzling and a bit worrisome. Art historians have scarce data about Bosch's personal life, but his work connotes heretical points of view and obscure hermetic practices, as well as some of the beliefs of those times.
