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bosch: strawberry fields nor ever

A cursing of those fanatical, demented, crazed…tormentors and executioners….The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch has certainly puzzled viewers. It is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic paintings ever done. Only five hundred years later has its meaning … Continue reading

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free slaves on the ship of fools

Or stories about people sailing around their soul. Was Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights” as puzzling as it claims to be. Perhaps only now, in our era of instant gratification, impatience for pleasure and fascination for a world in … Continue reading

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garden of earthly delights: paradise lost and better forgotten

Very few paintings in the history of art have puzzled viewers as “The Garden of Earthly Delights”. Perhaps both the godless and the god fearing, the hedonist, the Apollonian and the Dionysian, and those addicted to instant gratification can draw … Continue reading

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a mad mad world: demons and deities

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

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UTOPIA: PARADISE DEFERRED, DELAYED & DETOURED

Its the Utopians versus the Dystopians, and at this juncture the latter have prevailed.  Communities with European roots embraced the equalizing demands and freedoms of the New World’s open frontier, even as the new country claimed the pursuit of happiness … Continue reading

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