34: Hieronymus Bosch • The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part I)

<p>Hieronymus Bosch created one of the strangest and most talked about paintings in art history: The Garden of Earthly Delights. But there is a riddle hidden in the garden: is it an idyllic paradise or a sinful false paradise? On this episode, we will dive deeper than ever before to search for the answer.</p> <p>Other questions we will explore on this episode: what makes The Garden of Earthly Delights a work of creative genius? Why do some historians consider it a work of madness? And what do we really know about the mysterious painter: Hieronymus Bosch?</p> <p>View a video companion of this episode on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7IIv6uXWqQM3qyhzyKBluT?si=2841e67a5ac64e45">https://open.spotify.com/show/7IIv6uXWqQM3qyhzyKBluT?si=2841e67a5ac64e45</a></p> <p>View a high resolution version of The Garden of Earthly Delights online: <a href="http://boschproject.org/view.html?pointer=0.426,0.005&amp;i=00MCPVIS">http://boschproject.org/view.html?pointer=0.426,0.005&amp;i=00MCPVIS</a></p> <p>————</p> <p><strong>Support Creative Codex on my Patreon and get access to exclusive episodes, including the Kurt Cobain series and all the Episode Exclusives: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/mjdorian"><u>https://www.patreon.com/mjdorian</u></a></p> <p>————</p> <p>A full transcript of this episode is available here: <a href="">https://mjdorian.com/transcripts/</a></p> <p>————</p> <p>Research Sources:</p> <ul> <li>Bosch: The Complete Works by Stephen Fischer (Published by Taschen)</li> <li>Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares by Nils Buttner</li> <li>Hieronymus Bosch: New Insights Into His Life And Work (Published by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam)</li> <li>Bosch by Carl Linfert</li> </ul> <p>————</p> <p>The Garden of Earthly Delights is permanently on display at the <a href="https://www.museodelprado.es/">Museo Nacional del Prado</a>, in Madrid, Spain.</p> <p>————&nbsp;</p> <p>Audio Editor: Marisa Ferdenzi</p> <p>Music by MJDorian</p> <p>Written &amp; Produced by MJDorian</p> <p>————</p