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Summary Of The Garden Of Earthly Delights

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For centuries, humans have analyzed the negative aspects of their own nature that leads them to falling victim to overindulgence, producing myriads of written pieces and artwork to depict the creator’s portrayal and interpretation. Various forms of abundance, control, and power are vices that humans are drawn to, utilizing them with greed and selfish intent in their hearts. Hieronymus Bosch, a Renaissance-era painter from the Netherlands and most popular for his “invention” of Early Netherlandish style paint, depicts his take on human’s overindulgence of the vices through a world-famous piece titled “The Garden of Earthly Delights”. Created as a triptych, a three-part painting divided into three separate panels, The Garden tells the story of humanity’s empire, from the pure creation of man, to the corrupted result of man’s overindulgence in the vices. Bosch’s heavily references a biblical story, particularly of Adam and Eve, in this piece, a trait common in Early Netherlandish paintings. This painting style makes reference to biblical works as well as heavily emphasizes the use of shadows and light, allowing for the natural aspects of the landscape, animals, and humans within it to appear more life-like. With the painting’s richness in color, detail in linework, and overall composition of the characters within it, Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” evokes a deeper meaning to the formation and destruction of mankind’s empire through mankind’s tendency towards corruption

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