ARH 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aerial Perspective, Surrealism, Isenheim Altarpiece
28 Apr 2016
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Garden of earthly delights: slide 3 left interior panel. Didn"t have these animals in that region but he knew about them through his education. Bosch was also an engineer and he drew in a fountain. Reference at top left to tower of babel from book of genesis. Aerial perspective with view into deep space: slide 4 central panels. Fall of mankind after they were kicked out of paradise. Referencing sexuality and very different from venetian themes. Surrealism sort of (dali would do this way later) Misuse of scale in birds and all figures are having sex or flirting. Lots of fruit references = sweetness of sexuality. Depictions of people of color = age of discovery = why we see foreign animals because people we learning about the rest of the world: slide 5 right interior panel. Excessive pleasure leads to damnation: slide 6.
