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    Hieronymus Bosch (2p minimum) introduction Exploring the concept of the Christian Worldview- Hieronymus Bosch and his rather infamous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights. We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters biography real name was Jeroen van Aken and in Spain, he is known as “El Bosco”. Bosch was a Dutch painter of the 15th-16th century Little is known about the life of this Early Netherlandish Renaissance artist, but we do know that both his father and grandfather were also painters. Bosch's father Antonius van Aken was also an adviser to the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, a group of Christians dedicated to glorifying the Virgin Mary. Not long before he began work on The Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch followed his father's lead and joined the Brotherhood as well. Hieronymus Bosch was predominantly a religious painter who expressed a world view as complex as that of Dante. His work stands at the juncture of a declining medieval age and the rising influence of…

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    The artist of the Garden of Earthly Delights was created by a flemish painter named Hieronymus Bosch. Bosch was born in the 1450s and burried in on August 9th 1516. His cause of death was unclear but he could have cought pleurisy. He's father and grandfather were also successful painters and besides that there is not much known about his early years except his family owned an art studio in ‘s-Hertogenbosch where he learned the skills of an artis. In his thirties Hieronymus Bosch married Aleid…

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    Mary Bergmark Dr. Bailey ART 23 November, 2014 The Garden Of Earthly Delights Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights was painted during 1480-1505. This painting was produced on a panel and painted with oil. It is 200 cm tall and 390 cm wide. Bosch’s work was a 3-part altarpiece known as a triptych. Bosch’s art work is a depiction of heaven, sin in the real world, and hell. In this paper, I am going to analyze the biblical symbols in the closed portion of the…

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    Two works of art that I found to be compelling are The Garden of Earthly Delights and The Netherlandish Proverbs. Both pieces address human morality and the consequences of poor decisions. These pieces are both extraordinary in their complexity, details, and thoughtfulness. Each provides endless observation and interpretation by the viewer. Hieronymus Bosch’s painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is oil on oak panels, measuring 220 cm × 389 cm. Finished in 1505, the piece is a triptych,…

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    To think that I would have a completely different way of thinking about my daily activities from research of a painting of “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Heironymus Bosch, this painting is a part of our first year read book that is brought up on many occasions by Frans Dee Waal who relates it back to the Bonobos. This painting required much time looking at and much research. To me this painting has made me come to think so much about temptations that we fight in our life, to me as a college…

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    Describe The title of this painting is called the Ship of Fools by Hieronymus Bosch. It was painted around 1490 to 1500. Bosch used oil on wood. This painting is 58 centimeters by 33 centimeters. In this painting, there are about twelve people. They are either naked in the water or wearing pilgrim-like clothing. There is one person, however, who is dressed in all white with pointed ears sitting on a tree branch. The first thing I see is a man in the water. My gaze then moved up through the…

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    Discovery offers the opportunity to alter perspectives and change typical understandings of the human experience. Robert Frost’s poems ‘Mending Wall’ and ‘Fire and Ice’, each portray the process of discovery that has resulted from their respective persona’s observation of the world. Similarly, Henry David Thoreau’s personal memoir ‘Walden’ acts as a thoughtful reflection regarding the impact of the natural environment upon the world-view of the author. Finally, Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych…

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    David Bosch Analysis

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    David Bosch, considered to be a foremost mission theologian, presents thorough scholarship drawing upon a vast number and breadth of sources, covering the entire chronological scope to the present era of NT church history from a "emerging ecumenical paradigm of mission" perspective in an amazingly compact fashion. The epochal treatment of missions by Bosch is notable, also in it’s scope from Primitive Christianity, Hellenistic period, middle ages Roman Catholic, Reformation, Modern…

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    becoming a democratic country. Economic development, economic performance, class coalitions and Alliances are important elements that can either benefit or hinder democracy. Economic development has definitely helped maintain democracy in Dominican Republic. There have been high levels of social economic a development like the GDP has increased by 5.4% since 1992 and life expectancy is now 74. Economic performance has also been positive due to the countries investment in tourism and…

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    Orwell lived through a time period of complete totalitarianism under the control of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Traveling to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War, Orwell saw the repercussions of what a political regime does to a society. Because of the two men in the Soviet Union, Hitler and Stalin, who created such a sense of disaster and panic throughout the country, Orwell’s hatred for political authority grows even more passionately. He uses his experiences to convey to his audience…

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