Tag Archives: Henry Miller Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

variations of hell: a ramshackle affair

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dave

Whenever Hieronymus Bosch deals with hell and the devils, he repeats this master idea with many variations: the idea that they are illogical, disorderly, incomprehensible, and mad. When we hear that Saint Anthony was tempted in the desert, we expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Andre Breton, Dante Alighieri, Dante Inferno, Diego Rivera, Dirk Bax, Henry Miller, Henry Miller Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Johan Huizinga, Larry Solomom, Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud, Stanley Meisler | Leave a comment

A Paradise not what its made out to be

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dave

Very few paintings in the history of art have so puzzled viewers as Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Only now perhaps, in our present new age of folly, can its meaning be made clear. Today we take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alain de la Roche, Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights, Dante Divine Comedy, Dante Inferno, Dirk Bax, Henry Miller, Henry Miller Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Hieronymous Bosch, Johan Huizinga, Laurinda Dixon, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Sigmund Freud, Stanley Meisler, Tom Schiller | Leave a comment

a mad mad world: demons and deities

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dave

There are very few paintings in the history of art that have puzzled viewers to the extent that “The Garden of Earthly Delights” has.It is one of the most enigmatic pictures ever painted. It is hard to say if the … Continue reading →