Bosch

Hieronymous Bosch (1450-1516) was born at the height of the Renaissance and witnessed its religious wars and the crumbling of medieval traditions and values. Bosch, in his paintings, set out to warn doubters of the perils awaiting all and any who lost faith in God. His favorite allegories to depict belonged to the realms of hell, heaven and lust. He brilliantly exploited the bounty of the natural world - fruits & plants - to lend sexual overtures to his themes, whichauthor Virginia Pitts Rembert meticulously deciphers with illuminating, lucid insight. Notes, Bibliography, Index of Illustrations. 201 illustrations. 256p.