Hieronymus Bosch
 

Bosch’s pictures have always fascinated viewers, but in earlier centuries it was widely assumed that his diabolic scenes were intended merely to amuse or titillate, most people regarded him as “the inventor of monsters and chimeras’.
Philip II, though, collected his works more for education than for entertainment. A Dutch art historian in the early 17th century described Bosch’s paintings chiefly as ‘wondrous and strange fantasies… often less pleasant than gruesome to look at’. In the 20th century, however, scholars decided that Bosch’s art has a more profound significance, and there have been many attempts to explain its origins and meaning. Some writers saw him as a sort of 15th century surrealist and linked his name with that of Salvator Dali.
http://www.hegel-system.de/de/gif/Gruen.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth...t/delightd.jpg
http://www.blog.artthailand.net/wp-c...st_Anthony.jpg
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004/art/bosch2.jpg
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One of my favorites. Creative visions of Hell are amazing.

Woah...not really familiar with him, but that stuff is foolishly cool. I'll have to look him up!

Good GOD do I love Bosch. So many times I've considered getting something from "The Garden of Earthly Delights" tattooed, but I can't decide on what...

I grew up with Bosch. My dad had a print of "The Garden of Earthly Delights" and I remember it seriously creeping me out, but yet being oddly compelled by it.