El Bosco. La obra completa

<p>A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary <strong>Hieronymus Bosch</strong> (c. 1450–1516) secured his place as <strong>a pillar of art history</strong>. To this day, <strong>the painter <em>par excellence</em> of hell and its demons </strong>continues to puzzle and enthrall scholars, artists, designers, and musicians alike.<br /><br />Based on the best-selling XXL edition, which saw TASCHEN commission <strong>new and exclusive photography of details and recently restored works</strong>, this large-scale monograph presents Bosch’s complete oeuvre. Texts from art historian and Bosch expert <strong>Stefan Fischer </strong>dissect the many compelling elements that populate each scene, from hybrid creatures of man and beast to Bosch’s pictorial use of proverbs and idioms. By <strong>tying together the elusive threads of his oeuvre into one exhaustive overview</strong>, this book reveals just what it was about Bosch and his painting that proved so immensely influential.<br /><br /> Features: <strong>Impeccable full-page reproductions</strong> celebrating the artist’s staggering compositional scope <strong>Enlarged details</strong> unveiling the <strong>most intricate and bizarre scenes</strong> as much as the<strong> unsuspected technical minutiae</strong>, from subtle brush-strokes to the grain of the canvas A <strong>fold-out spread</strong> drawn from the legendary<em> Last Judgement</em> A <strong>special chapter</strong> focusing on Bosch’s most famous work, the mesmerizing and terrifying triptych <em>The Garden of Earthly Delights</em> </p>