Weirdest thing about Bosch's paintings to me when I first came across them was how anachronistic they looked, they seemed like something out of 20th Century Surrealism, not from when Europe was just getting out of the Middle Ages.

@bellewether4534

2 жыл бұрын

It's weird because I felt the same until I studied the late medieval period at uni. To my surprise there's actually a ton of surreal and macabre content. There's even artistic movements based around horrifying imagery (affective piety and memento mori, in particular) But most of what we see in galleries are these benign saints and holy figures. I wonder why? I assume it has something to do with Victorian selection bias feeding into the modern age. Lots of the high profile galleries in my country were set up then, so it was the best theory I could come up with.

@superj8502

2 жыл бұрын

@@bellewether4534 i studied the skeleton dances in school less than a month ago, but this still felt like something Dalì would paint. Edit: i just realized that i was also tricked by the fact that they look incredibly well preserved.

@Loneokami

2 жыл бұрын

@@bellewether4534 do you have any recommendations of artist similar to Boschs style?

@rr-mg1zc

2 жыл бұрын

Hell painting by Hieronymus Bosch linked with Travis Scott Astroworld Album cover

@bellewether4534

2 жыл бұрын

@@Loneokami I don't think anyone is quite like Bosch in terms of fine arts but Giotto di Bondone, Buonamico Buffalmacco, and Sandro Botticelli have some amazing hellscapes of their own. For images of demons, and other surreal beasts, manuscripts margins and illuminations are the way to go. Michael Camille has a fab overview of the topic in his book "Image on the Edge: The margins of medieval art". If you want to look at the literary side, Eileen Gardener has a great anthology called "Visions of Heaven and Hell Before Dante" :)

It's weird how modern a lot of his paintings look. Ancient surrealism is so cool and very humanizing. It's a way to see that these people had imaginations too.

@jerryshelton7406

2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely summation.

@LOCKEYJ

2 жыл бұрын

This was Renaissance period not ancient . But yes Bosch’s work has an interiority that is fascinating.

@swordguy1243

2 жыл бұрын

Ahead of his time

@LordShatticus

2 жыл бұрын

Our ancestors were just like us, but with less access to education and lived in different cultural environments.

@quick3765

2 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah people have always had imaginations lol

This guy was so far ahead of his time it’s astonishing. He was surrealism hundreds of years ahead.

@charlescossel7948

6 ай бұрын

He used natural real images around him, distorted them by the influence of ergot, religious retribution, etc. He was my study in art history in college.

@nuckels188

3 ай бұрын

@@charlescossel7948 this is definitely acid art lol. It is bizarre but it's so intricate/trippy/funny that the bizarreness is endearing

@peterkilbridge6523

22 күн бұрын

Should be on lots of Heavy Metal rock album covers.

The fact that he put music into his art is incredible.

@jesstavares6843

Жыл бұрын

Dude put an ost in his painting

@Pollicina_db

11 ай бұрын

While it is a nice easter egg it is nothing special, many artists of the past did this.

@LilXancheX

9 ай бұрын

@@jesstavares6843he took painting his album to another level

@ccirish4519

8 ай бұрын

They did that all of the time

Crazy part is, 600-700 years later, his work looks fresh like it could have been done by a modern artist. The artist/painters of the past were on another level

@ghatesspeech

2 жыл бұрын

They spent their entire lives doing one thing attempting to get as skilled as possible, their lives were different from the lives of people today. The greatest people we remember in history spent their life in a passionate fury towards one endeavor. A modern example is the musicians of today who spent their entire lives making music like Micheal Jackson, and others like Erykah Badu or Tupac. They had their life set for glory with a plan and people to help them along the way, it’s only natural when you live for something that you create the greatest examples of it.

@lucreziavilante5993

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's called anachronistic, when something doesn't seem to quite fit its era.

@whalesong999

Жыл бұрын

@@ghatesspeech Yes, they didn't have the distractions we've had since the mid 1800s.

@Fuel6233

Жыл бұрын

@@ghatesspeech You listed some very uh... fascinating modern examples., lmao.

@muddyfingazmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@Fuel6233 So which modern examples would you give?

The fact that that small music piece is actually something that can be played and not just random notes is unbelievable the amount of detail

@incognitonegress3453

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr...crazy!

@Quellness223

2 жыл бұрын

Probably Satanists notes consisting the numbers of 6. Period.

@jxcobsolis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Quellness223 your the one guy to ruin everyone’s good mood go back to church bro no one cares what you gotta say.

@color-head1696

2 жыл бұрын

random notes can also be played

@Easy420skate

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Quellness223 the whole point of that photo was to represent hell...so yeah.

I do wonder why Hieronymus Bosch doesn't get as much recognition as the other painters. Absolutely revolutionary

@seltaeb3302

Жыл бұрын

I've seen plenty TV progs in UK about him. Depends where you are & standard of TV, which in America is dire bar PBS.

@typ044

11 ай бұрын

Definitely not revolutionary.

@ralkia

9 ай бұрын

You're definitely not revolutionary.

@VesuvioVistani

8 ай бұрын

Having a hard to spell name would be my guess.

@charlescossel7948

6 ай бұрын

I think it's because it's unsettling

I've always thought of his work as satire and sarcasm. I loved it since the first time I laid eyes on The Garden. I spent hours as a child trying to decipher each thing and what he was trying to say. I will forever be enchanted and horrified.

Wouldn’t call these paintings disturbing. I’d personally call them brilliant. The detail is outstanding.

@jackbarrie6007

2 жыл бұрын

If your on drugs you naturally paint like that just as others have done🤯🤯🤯🤯🇦🇺

@rheumaticharm9551

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackbarrie6007 if someone on drug can still draw this good, then his drug must be art.

@lenawagner6405

2 жыл бұрын

Super brilliant, exposing what was going on around him in his lifetime, many symbols can be recognised if a person knows history.

@jackbarrie6007

2 жыл бұрын

@@rheumaticharm9551 you must be a drug too 🐡🐡🐡🐡🤫🇦🇺

@ilianacole4586

2 жыл бұрын

The two aren't mutually exclusive...

I'd Imagine seeing his paintings in the flesh back then would have been a mind-blowing experience for most people -who would never have seen such vivid, imaginative, scary depictions before!

@JMo2255

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Bosch and Brugels' paintings at the Prado in 2010 and my mind was blown even then.

@hiskebekkering3450

2 жыл бұрын

@George 😂

@karanmathur5276

2 жыл бұрын

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@yingle6027

2 жыл бұрын

@Ali Al-Mahdi That's pretty wild man. As long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else, be happy with your crazy self.

@asa.8691

2 жыл бұрын

@Ali Al-Mahdi this isn’t a joke? You really drank like 2000 year old piss?

To me, he’s one of the most talented artists to ever live. I mean, I could easily see Dali, Picasso, or Vladimir Kush sliding his paintings into their own works, and yet Bosch lived in the Early Renaissance!!! The literal definition of “ahead of his time”, what a talent🤩

Can't imagine this being work from 600 years ago, so extremely modern.

@crabbyoldman8209

27 күн бұрын

yeah except for the part where he took all the medieval images

I live in bosch his birthplace, ‘s-Hertogenbosch. A few years ago we celebrated Bosch for an entire year by putting on great displays of his work, but we also put statues of his creatures through the entire town. If you love his work you should come visit our city!

@qquark99

2 жыл бұрын

i am so sad that I heard about this too late. But I hope to come and see these statues

@Cristina-dv5ij

2 жыл бұрын

Freaking statues based on his paintings, sign me in!

@slowmo338

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I'd put that on my bucket list.

@justmakeit2616

2 жыл бұрын

En hier heet die ook gewoon jeroen bosch. Is dat niet al heel wat jaren geleden dat die ten topnstelling was

@al5068

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds so awesome!!!

Bosch has always fascinated me. His paintings at the macro level look modern, they remind me of album covers. Looking closely at details and it looks 15th century

@nBasedAce

2 жыл бұрын

His paintings are so busy that they remind me of a twisted Where's Waldo? book.

@TomorrowWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I always thought the same thing! Like he was a time traveller!

@oleg..

2 жыл бұрын

Decent corded drills too.

@Moto_Medics

2 жыл бұрын

Dance Gavin dance has covers reminiscent of Bosch

@LeoLarrosa1987

2 жыл бұрын

Like the green day dookie album cover 😉

I was lucky to be able to see many of these paintings in person last November in Milan. The exhibition Bosch and Another Renaissance runs through March 12, 2023 at the Palazzo Reale. They gathered works from all over Europe. There are even pictures behind some his triptychs you can walk around and see. Beautiful animated video of his works at the end. Really amazing to see in person these pictures that have captured my imagination since I was a kid. I don’t know if the exhibition is traveling to another country next, but I’d look into it if you are a fan.

@nct948

Жыл бұрын

It would attract great interest in the UK, no doubt. I would love to see it. The symbolism of medieval illustrations exerts quite a fascination on our imagination. Bosch and Brueghel the Elder are my two favourite painters for, although of such different styles, they both represent how ordinary people of their era were thinking, believing and living like. Have you done an analysis of Brueghel's painting 'Proverbs'? Another intriguing masterpiece.

I discovered Bosch today from an earlier video that I just so happened upon. It was purely an accident and I have not divulged myself with art in such a long time. It's been nearly half a lifetime since and by running into his work today is illuminating. It made me realize how much I miss interpreting artwork. Since impressionism was what struck my interest when I was younger (I'm 33 now) I would pick away at every brushstroke as it would, for lack of better words (flood) my mind. I have always loved art all types painting to sculptures basically anything. The world is art all around, I live architecture but it has just been to long where I was taken aback by a painting where I was overwhelmed by that (flooding) feeling! I am truly sorry, I am writing such a lond comment but I am so excited! It's two in the morning and I don't want to go to sleep. I guess the art will be there tomorrow, or I guess in this case later today but until then I need to get some sleep and maybe have a lucid dream that I am in a art museum.. who knows its possible. Sorry again I just had to tell somebody about my excitement! Good night world... -D.G-

The thing about his paintings is they're so insanely detailed you can get lost in them--every part of it you look at there's always more detail in the background, hints of yet more vistas, infinitely receding. They're the sort you could get sucked into--it feels like there's an actual world behind the canvas. It actually gave me an idea for a story.

@vashtic2036

2 жыл бұрын

It's like he was painting what he perceived as reality, not something he made up for an art piece.

@domoroboto8752

2 жыл бұрын

lame pfp

@tristan3801

2 жыл бұрын

@@domoroboto8752 Better than being a communist

@domoroboto8752

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristan3801 Brain worms

@basil7292

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristan3801 Brain worms

I always thought it would be funny to make a "where is Waldo" thing out of Bosch's paintings. Quite disturbing, but also fun and you really want to find him as soon as possible

@ezrastardust3124

2 жыл бұрын

I think Cyanide And Happiness made a joke about that lol

@markalleneaton

2 жыл бұрын

I tried that in class a few years ago, but the color differences made it stick out like a sore thumb - it turned out to be a better fit in Bruegel's "Hunters in the Snow" (blends into the ice on the lake, although it still only took the students about 3 seconds to spot it - I was impressed). : )

@pyoheliobros5773

2 жыл бұрын

@@markalleneaton One could change Waldo's colors' saturation and brightness to match those of Bosch's painting

@amy-ql5wo

2 жыл бұрын

Or Bruegel's work too.

@markalleneaton

2 жыл бұрын

@@pyoheliobros5773 Took another look, but even with the color changes, Waldo still seems a touch too angular for Bosch (my perception) - fun idea, though. : )

I was in the Prado museum two days ago and despite all the great other painters like Velasquez, Goya, El Greco and Rubens, the hall with the works of Bosch was my highlight of the museum. Especially the Garden of Earthly Delight. There is so much to explore there!

I come to this video again and again, I've never heard of Bosch before you upload this video in 2021. I'm so grateful of having found your channel, because of all the interesting things you upload. You woke up an interest in me of learning more about our past.

I've always wondered why a lot of really old art like this can't be chalked up to a simple love of horror or science fiction, like today's society. A lot of the time, disturbing artwork is said to be results of mental illness or religion. Its like we cant expect those historical figures to have an imagination based on nothing like we do now.

@UndyingStory31

2 жыл бұрын

It's Big brain time

@babiijean11

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndyingStory31 IKR!! It gets really annoying when something like this is discovered and all of a sudden it means the artist is crazy or abused and really saw these things during a mental breakdown or something. Or even worse, when we discover ancient art with otherwordly figures we modern humans take that as "Hmm, there must've been headless and neckless beings with faces on their chest walking around here" SMH. I guess in the distant future, those being will believe Clifford the Big Red Dog actually saved America from Godzilla

@ricodelacerda3959

2 жыл бұрын

@@babiijean11 I was thinking it and you said it for me ,I totally agree and thankyou

@mikewestwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricodelacerda3959 #metoo

@Vincinate

2 жыл бұрын

@@babiijean11 That's an asinine statement tbh. Ever hear of Van Gough or Edvard Munch? We question these people's mental state because there is precedent of artists being mentally disturbed. These people were often born in a time period where there was no such thing as getting psychological help, or when talking about such things carried a stigma. Hell, it still carries a stigma as proven by your comment.

There's an incredibly underrated RTS game that came out in 2000 called Sacrifice which has creature design that seems to be highly inspired by the artistic style of Heironymus Bosch.

@Mr.VolumeTrader

2 жыл бұрын

bro during that time a rpg game was also released in which there was 70000 enemies one at a screen do u remember that game i am searching for it or do u have any idea how to search it

@freshgapples45

2 жыл бұрын

Was the game good? Might buy it

@awoken8infinite

2 жыл бұрын

they deleted my post about the new boch inspired game. "brutal orchestra" it might have been as I included a link to the game though on steam.

@jarodnole4618

2 жыл бұрын

Sacrifice includes so much into it, i love its strange bizzare unique world that should have survived to today.

@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy

2 жыл бұрын

I wishlisted it on Steam. Thanks for the recommendation. With Christmas and New Years coming up... maybe I can snag it for $4.99!

I've seen his paintings before, but didn't know the name of the artist. Thank you for such an informative and interesting video. I could truly stare at his art work for days. It's so intricate and curious. 😊❤️❤️

Ive learned so much from this video alone. Thank you so much for your dedication!

Fun fact: A lot of the designs for the apostles in Berserk were inspired by Bosch's paintings.

@mustafagamute1635

2 жыл бұрын

i had a feeling Kentaro Miura took inspiration of some of the demons here

@mr.midnight1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@mustafagamute1635 Another fun fact about berserk. The names of the god hand are inspired by science fiction novels. Void is named after destination Void, Slan and Ubik after named after books with the same names, Conrads name comes from, And call me conrad.

@carsinogenesis

2 жыл бұрын

If you look closely you can little Ubik chilling in the Treeman

@macaroll

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was also inspired by Beksinski, the nightmare artist?

@mr.midnight1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@macaroll He was also probably inspired by a series of novels called: "guin saga". It came out in 1979, 10 years before Berserk did and it features a tall, dark and strong warrior with a large sword in a dark fantasy world.

Hieronymus Bosch was super creative, long before his time, and painted differently than his fellow painters. I always loved his work. My brother, who is a professional painter, had a book on the paintings of Bosch and I would sit at night, with a magnifying glass, to study his creatures. The amount of detail but also the number of objects in one painting were mindboggling. I love Bosch. Another painter, who also painted like this, but less intensive was the German painter Albrecht Dürer.

@bopeep7080

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see and study that book. It must have brought you both great joy. I will order on from the library. Thank you for mentioning this.

@iamavoidtrippergutterslush666

2 жыл бұрын

✔️💯🤘

@andrea5846

2 жыл бұрын

what is the book called? 🤩

@hazardeur

Жыл бұрын

I love Bosch's work too. As a more modern example I'd list Dan Seagraves stuff. I realize it's a completely different style but i love the detail in his work, similar to Bosch's. Plus it's more contemporary.

@jeffalbillar7625

Жыл бұрын

I'm not an artist or an art buff, but when I saw this video, I was reminded of Salvador Dali. Idk if they're the same type of artist, but they're both on the strange side. Imo of course

Thank you - wonderful video piece. The quality of his work - content, colour and composition, is amazing. His satire, modernity and cosmological view is stunning. Perhaps his works do not so much require complete understanding but instead merit our admiration at the wonderful things that they are.

Wonderfully narrated, my friend. I've always been fascinated by this artist's expression of what was in his mind, and the sheer amount of figures in his paintings. He was certainly a very talented artist, but how were these paintings received? I wish you rainbows.

I find his work intriguing and love the fact someone was able to produce the music tattoo so we could hear what it would sound like. Thank you for creating this video.

@HandsOfSweed

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. That song was super weird and creepy though. Like some latently demented Tetris theme song.

@astrodad656

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to know if he intentionally drew the notes from a song [real or invented], or if they were just random notes?

@Catlily5

2 жыл бұрын

@@HandsOfSweed I liked the song. I thought it would be creepier.

@crazyoldhippieladyinthebib7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@HandsOfSweed it sounded like both a dirge and circus music. Combine them together that's what hell would sound like? I know I couldn't take much of that music that was playing!

@bottleofcrackers2087

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr. It's so cool

I 100% expected the notes to be musical gibberish but it actually was a proper score, I’m amazed Also wonderful remix at the end

@PyleHD

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Deadmouse - Strobe

@bachagain1685

2 жыл бұрын

It's quite an interesting melody. It's like a plainchant with some unexpected harmony, even outlining a tritone. Corrections: 1. There is no "harmony" 2. It doesn't necessarily outline a tritone

@dickrichard626

2 жыл бұрын

1) The melody in the video is not what it sounds like. 2) There is no harmony in the recording while multiple voices are depicted. 3) It doesn't "outline a tri-tone." It's simply notes of the Aeolian mode. Sure the part where it goes: E to A# is a tri-tone interval, but it's not that particularly amazing for any reason other then giving you a tiny hit of the Lydian mode and again the recording isn't remotely accurate in the first place. 4) In fact the score in the drawing doesn't have a key signature and it's depicting tablature, not musical notation. 5) The melody in the recording actually does sound like gibberish, because it's just a sequence of notes with all the same value and doesn't stop. 6) The recording plays 68 notes while the tatoo shows much less unless you include the book which would be more then 68 notes and part of it is obscured from view... 7) The recording is actually B.S. and the music in the painting is indecipherable and blatantly unlegable especially in the crack. LMAO 8) This segement of the video might fool 9 out of 10 music experts and the unmusicaly educated masses, but not this guy.

@bachagain1685

2 жыл бұрын

@@dickrichard626 sorry lol, I was tired af

@carsinogenesis

2 жыл бұрын

Does it have a name? Requiem of the Demonic Choir Master, or something like that?

Love how this video just so casually explained a potential explanation for one of the most famous cases of mass hysteria. This channel is an absolute trip and every video is fascinating

I love the works of Hieronymus Bosch! I had the privilege of seeing them in the Prado a week or so ago, and they're still as fresh and interesting as the day I learned of them.

A thing you surprisingly didn't mention is that we know that Hieronymus Bosch experienced a huge city fire in his youth, and all the horrors that brought with it. Almost all of his surrealistic paintings have a big part dedicated to a burning city. I was born in 's Hertogenbosch and have been an enthousiast of the bizarre and grotesque since my youth. His paintings have always fascinated me.

@TheMeanMongoose

Жыл бұрын

You're on to something, since a lot of his scenes are very chaotic and frightening. One would imagine seeing the world ablaze, distorted by scorching heat, poisonous smoke and fumes, sounds of anguish and acts of sheer panic would undoubtedly traumatize a kid. It must have been a horrible experience and since the zeitgeist of his time associated all of this with HELL... would explain a thing or two about his art. As in, "This is how the Infernal Pit must look like".

@violetmushroom6

Жыл бұрын

I moved to 's-Hertogenbosch 6 months ago, and live very close to his art centre. Funny thing is, both my mother and aunt were obsessed with his art when they were young, and would collect his catalogues and reproductions from people that snuck them in the USSR, obviously no travel was allowed. so I was familiar with his art from young age. I had to move to Den Bosch for work and only then I realized where I was moving and Im so so proud and humbled to be here. Just fascinating to be close to where this genious walked

@hugomadrid5464

Жыл бұрын

Once I visited a place called Oeteldonk, far away from here :)

@prosanis1216

Жыл бұрын

@@hugomadrid5464 😂🤣👊Alaaf🎉

@madabouthollyoaks411

10 ай бұрын

Oh you live there!! That’s so cool and thanks for the context, none of the videos I’ve watched on him have mentioned this

Bosch was half a millennium ahead of his time. Speculations aside, he was certainly afflicted with a severe case of genius. I believe that's the key ingredient regardless of whatever else may have been at work in his mind-blowing creations.

@robinklein2637

2 жыл бұрын

idk might also be the fungus he took which is also used to make LSD.

@markberryhill2715

2 жыл бұрын

@@robinklein2637 no amount of acid trips in the world could make you paint the crazy stuff he did. He was from another world.

@anaclaudiagarciacalderon192

2 жыл бұрын

@@markberryhill2715 psychodelic substances are just a way for the mind to express itself. For me Bosch paintings represent the mind set of an entire kind of human race thru the work of a genius, who despite his artistry was just another human of his time anyways. He was the gate to witness the horrific archtypes that we all share as humans, that's why his work seems so timeless.

@laurahollenika3906

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!👍

@karanmathur5276

2 жыл бұрын

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Hieronymus Bosch is one of my most favored painters. His imaginations are out of this world and the message in his paintings are deep. Always some warning based on religious believes.

I was at an exposition in Amsterdam last year where you literally walk through his artwork. It gave some chills but like you said the amazing eye for detail made you even more a part of the art.

I don't believe that Bosch was ill or hallucinating from ergotism at all. The art itself suggests he wasn't. It's so complex and richly detailed, and as an aspiring painter, I can assure you that painting minute details on large pieces is very involved and time consuming. A person has to be relatively clear-headed and focused to put that amount of work into dozens and dozens of paintings of that quality. People love to speculate about where highly creative artists and musicians get their ideas from, but the thing is, people really don't want to work very much when they are sick or high as a kite.

@superskypetom

2 жыл бұрын

It's not said that he was high while painting

@secrecy3915

2 жыл бұрын

You act like he couldn't possibly be obsessive compulsive due to recurring hallucinations.

@enders8412

2 жыл бұрын

some say LSD helps them to concentrate better , maybe that was the case with Bosch? The LSD he got (which he didn't know) helped him to see visions and heightened sense of focus, thus leading him to able to paint these kind of paintings perhaps?

@Killertiller01

2 жыл бұрын

@@enders8412 Could have been, there was madness induced by Ergot also he mentioned when baked into bread it becomes a form of LSD.

@KristinkaAranova

2 жыл бұрын

He was on medieval meth

I feel weirdly attracted by the grotesqueness of Bosch's paintings. I could see myself staring at them for hours and getting lost in the intricate and disturbing details of his vivid imagination.

@SeanLives

2 жыл бұрын

don't get too lost, you may never return

@shaft9000

2 жыл бұрын

Though I know almost nothing about genetics and very little about Jung, I do believe that some of this recognition we experience may be a re-kindling of a some inherited genetic memory. Meaning: common archetypical 'vision things' , as when many people allegedly hallucinate the same Buddha while on psilocybin, or others may (ostensibly) engage with faeries &/or demons while on DMT or amanita muscaria.

@saigonhenry5468

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@gr8macaw1

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same. I discovered them around 11 and was fascinated, staring at them for hours.

Cheers, man. This was enlightening. My musical partner always has a big print of HB above our musical space. It always lingered up there, wildly imaginative and totally on its on. It was a visual presence in the sonic things we were doing. Keep going, man.

Thanks for making this video. Bosch is my favourite artist. Superb upload

I think surreal paintings are absolutely amazing. They can be interpreted so many ways, and the amount of work that goes into them is mind-blowing.

@emmav9190

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I also love how you can look at a surrealistic painting for hours and still discover new things you hadn’t seen before

@justhellbound4206

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmav9190 I can't imagine how long they take to create a completed piece. Or how they even consider when the painting is done, since it seems like they could spend endless hours adding tiny details.

9:15 The abyss sure has one hell of a soundtrack!

@Lost_Scarf

2 жыл бұрын

HECK YEAH🔥

@culture4519

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so lit in the abyss

@Ayeguey

2 жыл бұрын

I heard that word abyss from Juice Wrld

From my very first sight of his art i have loved his work, it’s immaculate, impeccable, precise… there really are no words for true comparison or understanding… they tell stories we can hardly even conceive of

Thank you for your effort uploading and sharing this fascinating and illuminating glance into this artist's motivation

As someone who has painted, I have to say that Bosch's intricately detailed artwork must have taken a good deal of time to complete. The detail is astoundingly minute, with brushstrokes barely visible - if at all - and his palettes must have been meticulously graduated. Whatever his compulsion was, and whatever it was he was trying to convey, he was obviously very driven. You can't produce something like "The Garden of Earthly Delights" in a couple of days. There is months, if not years, of work in that.

@jmc0075

2 жыл бұрын

Got to agree. Until today I’d never herd of him. I’m now interested in this man as I find his paintings captivating and the work of a fantastic artist.

@irafair3015

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmc0075 Same here. I never heard of him until watching this video and I an now utterly captivated by his work.

@danielsoucy6688

2 жыл бұрын

you take one scare inch of one of his paintings and blow it up to 18 by 24 And you still got details that make it a complete painting in a painting The details of the details have details! a very hard worker in his art!

@cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085

2 жыл бұрын

Bosch is also a main character in Michael Connolys novels. He is a cop😎

We studied Garden of Earthly Delights in college, the amount of confused faces that that painting conjured was both amusing and disturbing.

Fascinating topic about a wonderful artist. Thank you!

thank you for the remix at the end i was literally hoping someone made one!!!

Creating these kinds of paintings needs a lot of knowledge and brainstorming to get it done. A genius 100 years ahead of his time, remember we are seeing these in 2021 while these masterpieces are created 6/7 centries ago.

@pauliepaul3697

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was on drugs

@randomusername1735

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauliepaul3697 Being on drugs doesn't suddenly make you talented. Whether or not he was on drugs, he was clearly very skilled

@bignig7223

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomusername1735 no but drugs + talent helps idk what your saying lmao

@bignig7223

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauliepaul3697 for real either he was high or schizophrenic would take forever to make stuff like this sober

@randomusername1735

2 жыл бұрын

@@bignig7223 The reply to the original comment almost implies that he wasn't inherently talented lol

I can see his mom showing his paintings off like “my little hieronymous just loveeeees to paint! Look at this little thing he made! Isn’t it lovely?” And her guests are just like “😬 yeah.. it’s greatttt…”

@fjdyyh2542

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@Monello.mp3

Жыл бұрын

😂💀

@soulless_jake540

Жыл бұрын

"Mrs Bosch,your child needs an exorcism"

@georgebennett3197

6 ай бұрын

You should see her 'fridge door!

@user-kl9ew8yc3o

5 ай бұрын

Only Cersi would be proud.

Absolutely beautiful and fascinating. I thank you so much for your contribution to this eye-opening art and what it means.

THANKS FOR THE INFO! HAD No idea about his paintings , you Def acquired a Fan of the Artist and of Your Channel! Looking forward to watching a Lot More!

Bosch and Francisco Goya have always been my favorite artists. There's something oddly comforting about seeing the sorts of creatures they painted to me. Better for them to be out in the open and you to come face to face with them then them staying hidden in the hearts of normal looking humans. That's just my take.

@Sillymodezeenith

2 жыл бұрын

@Alice Kae children are like that! My four year old sister is currently going through a phase where she’s fascinated by blood and organs; sometimes she’ll just walk up to you and ask if you can show her your blood/lungs/brain or whatever else she’s interested in that particular day. I’ve noticed that’s the age they start to take more interest in the world around them, and naturally that includes things that could potentially be considered disturbing. I find it endearing when little kids have a weird curiosity, it’s cute how they grow into their world.

@danielhoskins4690

2 жыл бұрын

Have you checked out El Greco too? He belongs in that group I think

@violetdusk1968

2 жыл бұрын

@Alex Korova when I was in middle school I checked out a book about hell and these paintings were in it. I was fascinated by it. I agree that even children can enjoy this type of art. It gets your mind wondering.

Ever since I first saw a book on Hieronymus Bosch at my uncle's house in the mid 1960s, I've studied his paintings in detail over the years, but this is the first time I ever heard that piece of music in the painting actually played by an instrument. Thanks for this excellent video.

@gwendolyn9626

Жыл бұрын

It even sounded melodious, in a very simple way.

@eyelavadershine

Жыл бұрын

Right amazing.

@MarshallEightyNine

Жыл бұрын

here's a better version of that music and it's being called "butt music" no kidding kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaKmq6WyY6XJYrg.html&ab_channel=JimSpalink

@coreyandtrevster

Жыл бұрын

That is the coolest part of this video. The fact that that minor detail actually contains a somewhat musical and haunting melody

@thhomasmarks

Жыл бұрын

I liked it

You're one of the best producers on KZread, thanks.

Good stuff. Cool to see some context around some really freaky paintings I've spent a lot of time staring at

The precision and skill of his paintings are extraordinary, but they are truly terrifying - my brain felt chaos and panic looking at them.

@jozefina9997

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@paveantelic7876

2 жыл бұрын

wow, how does it feel to be that soft?

@dreadlordhg360

2 жыл бұрын

They're really not that bad

@Dina-zb2cv

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreadlordhg360 it's giving me a weird core

@somekindofflower2024

Жыл бұрын

My dad had a book of his paintings that I saw as a kid and I hated the middle ages since then. I only realized now where that aversion came from.

0:15 Something that many people do not realize is that a six-sided die should always have its opposite sides add up to seven. 5 will be opposite 2, 3 opposite 4, and 1 opposite 6 (unless it is some bootleg die). In this painting, though, the 2 and 5 are both visible. Knowing this, I always look at drawn dice to see if they were drawn accurately. Tattoos are especially interesting, because it is not uncommon for people to have their dice drawn 'wrong.' I do not typically point this out to them, however. Anyway, perhaps Mr. Bosch painted the die incorrectly on purpose to add even more madness to the painting.

@fredzzkid

2 жыл бұрын

This is without a doubt the coolest thing I will learn on the Interwebz today. I LOVE facts like this! Thanks!!

@maggiez3077

2 жыл бұрын

7 was also a very common biblical theme. So the die adding to 7 could have been intentional

@CaroLMilo-yz7fk

2 жыл бұрын

woaaaaaaooow ok 🤩😳 You came here to watch this. 1. And then you shared this about your mind and observation. 2. If this isnt enough appeal for me i dont know what is!!!!!

@thatpaxyton

2 жыл бұрын

i do the same thing with rubik’s cubes: scrambled, they’re almost always drawn in an impossible combination

@SnipeZeroGames

2 жыл бұрын

5 and 2 - 7 and 4 and 2 - 6

Very interesting. As a child I could not stop looking at hi s paintings. We had books of art at home. The three dimensions and vivid colours. I felt every picture has a story like a fairytale. I did not think gloomy thoughts, more funny thoughts like children do. As a grownup, I see it differently. If he had lived now, I wonder what he would have portrayed through his magnificent art now? He could also have been a children's book illustrator or animation artist? His coloursare fantastic.and the movement in his, drawings are, captivating. He had a weird sense of humor

Thanks for this. I just came back from a trip to Hungary and there are two of his paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest. They absolutely were the standouts amongst hundreds of pieces of historic art. I now feel a little more knowledgeable about what I witnessed and was touched by personally. They had the Temptation of St Anthony, and the middle piece from the Garden of Earthly Delights triptych. You can lose yourself in those.

I first saw these paintings in an encyclopedia when I was a kid. It really piqued my interest on them staring at them for hours looking fir tiny details

@nicole1528

2 жыл бұрын

Was it a 3-4ish inches Webster's? I had that too as a kid, i remember his "the garden" in the book and i would just stare at it for hours :-D

@noeyebrows

2 жыл бұрын

I would've been scared to death if I had seen these pictures as a kid

I was always fascinated by Bosh's paintings because of their great detail and vivid, diverse imaging. No two of his 'creatures' seemed to be alike.

This video and it's content was amazing ! Thank you

Beautiful light in a dark world . Well done on finding/choosing then making this content 👌🏼

That is by far the weirdest thumbnail I have ever seen on a KZread video, but at the same time, I absolutely love it.

@Fink-id6yg

2 жыл бұрын

To all of us it's a normal Bosch

I love the fact that hyeronimus was probably the most important precursor to the grotesque genre or eldritch horror genre, and that he inspired years and years of artists creating creatures with their imagination and creativity, while still making them unnamable, which is also the concept behind cosmic horror, it’s something so horrifying you can’t describe it, with no precise shape but very disturbing traits

This dude makes my favorite paintings, if I can stare at it for hours and still not see everything is a testament to the amount of detail he felt he needed to express.

The first time I saw Bosch’s painting Garden of Earthly Delights was in elementary school in a Time Life book about the mind. Even now, whenever I see this painting I notice something I missed before. The dedication to detail is astounding.

@kurtbarlow9402

Жыл бұрын

First time I saw his work was in the opening credits of The Devil's Rain when I was about 10. (late night broadcast TV)

I remember coming across his work at a young age going through art books at the public library. I was so fascinated by his work. I think I can honestly say he got me into horror and art. Thanks for the video!

@mst3kpimp

2 жыл бұрын

wow i had the same experience, I guess many kids got bosched.

@mikewestwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@mst3kpimp same. #boschedkids

@kjthekunoichi

2 жыл бұрын

Same! I, too, saw his artwork via art bks from the lib😊😊art rocks!

never heard of this man before as an artist myself but wow, very intriguing. & the detail? absolutely unreal & breathtaking. they are quit beautiful yet creepy pieces

Amazing and informative video! Love your brilliant work👍💕 💯🎉

RED VELVET TOOK INSPIRATION FOR THEIR MOST RECENT COMEBACK “FEEL MY RYTHM” FROM THIS ARTIST’S WORK!

I never found his paintings disturbing. I just thought they were beautifully surreal. The Garden of Earthly Delights is a bit disturbing on the hell side though haha

He'll yeah I love learning about new things/people. Thanks for the exposition m8!

I've heard there was ergot blight on the rye crops on a regular basis, and this made the stuff (unless it was denatured) a psychedelic substance. A similar blight in North America might have precipitated the Salem Witch Trials.

Had to watch this after Red Velvet’s release “Feel My Rhythm.” It features a handful of painting alongside incorporating it into the video’s visuals, the weird monster and most of the video’s theme revolves around Bosch’s painting. I suggest watching it, you won’t regret with Red Velvet ;)

@ryu246

2 жыл бұрын

some time ago, I was obsessed with art and I immediately recognised this and other beautiful art pieces from music video! you don't see such references in Korean pop music often, so awesome

@Hi_Jcb30

2 жыл бұрын

I became curious about the paintwork after watching Red Velvet's Feel My Rhythm. HAHAHAHA

@_soyaa_boon_5208

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao I was going to comment abt this too!!! Glad I'm not the only one that noticed it.

@travabone

2 жыл бұрын

cool video bad music tho

@_soyaa_boon_5208

2 жыл бұрын

@@travabone I personally like it. I don't think it's bad, because a lot of other ppl also like it too.

When I was in 1st grade my class took a field trip to the neighboring big city. We mainly went to the museum, but also went to the public library. While my classmates were looking at Golden Books I happened to wonder over to this section of art books. I opened two that blew my mind. One was full of Bosch's work and the other was that of Bruegel. I was fascinated. That experience changed my life.

@Aguamarina38

Жыл бұрын

Bruegel ( Elder) is an interesting painter ~ after all my secondary school finished as Bachelor of Arts . However, Bosch being a skilled artist ~ The Garden of Earthy Delights is pretty much a medieval painting style ~ dive in surrealist horror. It makes me feel the painter took LSD while depicting Hell [ Zeitgeist.]

@bryanmuster5662

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. I found a book about Bruegel at my moms house when I was about 10. I soon after found Bosch and have never been the same.

@brianperry

Жыл бұрын

The school..(UK circa 1958/9).. art mistress would show me paintings by Bosch, Bruegel and like you, l was fascinated by those artists. l cant say it changed my life but it did make me look closer at what the artist was trying to portray...

His work is brilliant- he didn't see things. He "saw things". He "saw" something true to life and described it as best he could. You can tap into the infinite creative realm without hallucinating. We all do it all the time. But I think some of us just have way more capacity for abstraction than others. This guy got it.

I wish the videos was longer, with more analysis of details, but anyways, great job!

I enjoy the weird imaginings of Bosch as well. His little beasties and demons remind me of medieval Pokemon. Haha

@RyuuRider

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this has evolved my headcanon irreversibly.

@somelass133

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly has enough variety. From the cat unicorn to the maneating bird demon.

@Mr.Obongo

2 жыл бұрын

He would’ve created some dope ass looking pokemons if he were around today

Next time someone asks me my favorite song I'm going to casually say "The one tattooed on that guy's ass by the demon choir director in the Heironymus Bosch painting" and see if they still want to talk to me.

@juliusfucik4011

2 жыл бұрын

I would laugh and say hell yeah

This video is so interesting. Great job!

One of my favorites! Many thanks!!

I remember visiting the famous Art museum in Madrid and witnessing his ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ painting. I was still horrified and terrified about a few hours later. Truly a terrifying masterpiece.

@eyelavadershine

Жыл бұрын

How wonderful that you were able to view his work. Thanks for sharing

As somebody who's experienced lsd, his work looks exactly how it would look if somebody that has natural talent and is classically trained in art had a bad trip and never forgot it.

@eyelavadershine

Жыл бұрын

That’s not what happen a zillion years ago sir. Your trips are not the same as this Amazing Artist. It is all hearsay It just like a story books. We’re not on high as we listen but maybe your a famous artist too. Again I disagree. I respect your comments. Take care

@LuciferSweetDream

Жыл бұрын

@@eyelavadershine Bro it wasn't even 1000 yeas ago, calm your horses and let the homies trip.

@tammymiller9773

Жыл бұрын

Ergot poisoning, most commonly found in fungus infested rye grain, extremely commonly eaten at this time. Chemically similar to lsd, extrrmely psychoactive and even known then to cause especially negatively charged hallucinations

@AFROJOE2323

Жыл бұрын

@@tammymiller9773 That's ergot, and it's not relevant to the point made by the OP

@DrSpaceman69

Жыл бұрын

I do acid and agree completely. The duality of man made structures that kinda look like part of nature at the same time is 100% acid visuals stuff..

Timeless and iconic and mysterious Hieronymus Bosch will still in the next generations tu puzzle ,eh? Thank you Sir for the lecture about my one of favourite artists. Cheers from Toronto!

I have only seen his work in the office of my major professor in Grad school. I was fascinated by it. Didn’t know who did it, or when it was done! It is fascinating!

2:54: So no mention of the birds flying out of that guy’s ass?

@RedcoatsReturn

2 жыл бұрын

Those are the flying flock of falcon farts! 🤭😄

I would dismiss the theories that Bosch was either insane, or had hallucinations as a result of ergot poisoning or some other substance. Look at his paintings. They are incredibly well organised and structured.. No insane person could be so ordered, and if you've ever had LSD, as I have, you would know that any detailed work such as these paintings would be all but impossible. He was a creative artist, with a vivid imagination!

@jameshadfield5624

Жыл бұрын

well apparently you've never heard of a Mr. Robert Crumb. Often referred to as the creator of the underground Comix from late 60's on. He began as a greeting card illustrator in Cleveland with an unhappy marriage and a baby (the babies temperament unknown) well one day having been dispondent with his situation he fled to California. This was right at the Haight Ashbury movement (Hippies,sex+Drugs+rock+roll!) He did dabble a little in pot + LSD. Hung out with some of the Legends(or at least was in the vicinity) Janis,Owsley,merry Pranksters,etc. But being basically a nerd/geek he was mostly turned off by the whole(Excellent) scene! Anyways I've rambled quite a bit, but the Point I was trying to make was that this wonderfully creative Artist/s could have used their hallucinations/visions later while not actually tripping! Having grown up with Comics at the same age as the price, 12, I've been drawn (pun) to them ever since. keep LSD in your Heart as well as your Mind. the 60's have gone from the calendar but it's SPIRIT lives on.

@blackie8306

Жыл бұрын

@@jameshadfield5624 Of course I have heard of Robert Crumb. I was/am a big fan of Crumb. I loved his underground Comix, for all their "perversity" and subversiveness. Not to mention his great style. (perversity, by the way, is in the eye of the beholder). And I've read all I could about Ken Kesey, and the Merry Pranksters, and the Electric Cool Aid Acid Test, and Timothy Leary etc etc... Ah, those were good times, even here in Melbourne Australia! But the point I meant to make, which I could have made clearer, was that either an insane person, or someone while under the influence of LSD could not compose paintings with the complexity of Bosch's. But yes, later a person could use visions and ideas that came up while tripping to form the subject of their art. LSD wasn't around in Bosch's day, but maybe he discovered the Dutch version of Magic Mushies.

@tomcruise2954

Жыл бұрын

What if he suffered from schizophrenia? Louis Wain suffered from it, yet he could produce insanely detailed paintings

@eyelavadershine

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone like you says something positive!!!

@HORRIOR1

Жыл бұрын

Same, his lines are too clean, his monsters and other creatures too anatomically accurate, and the landscapes follow a very well realized perspective. This was a man with a sound grasp on the world around them.

I’ve just become a huge fan of his work. I think he was just having fun enjoying his imagination.. Thanks so much for introducing Hieronymus into my life ! I had seen some of his work but didn’t know anything about him.

I used to watch this when I was like 9 or 7, after watching it, I've been addicted to your videos :3

I became a huge fan of Bosch after watching Metallica’s music video for Until It Sleeps. I became fascinated by the iconology so I decided to look more into his art and ended up falling in love with how intricately detailed and vivid his work was. It was surreal and dark, yet so realistic and unique. I hadn’t seen anything like it before and he quickly became one of my favorite artists. His imagination was endless and he created worlds in which you could get lost in for hours. A truly mind-blowing artist!

@hermanhelmich

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@jiajianuts

2 жыл бұрын

red velvet’s music video for ‘feel my rhythm’ is also inspired by his works !

I had the luck of seeing a few of his paintings with my own eyes in Madrid, the sheer size of the garden of earthly delights is amazing and the detail is incredible

Really enjoyable video and well researched. Thank you.

I've long suspected that Bosch might've been on some sort of hallucinogenic based on his work, beginning with The Garden from the first time I saw it. Very interesting! Great video; thanks! ❤

It always annoys me when people try to psychoanalyze great artists of the past to determine what mental disorder led them to create their art. Can we not just accept that some people are very imaginative? I really enjoyed this video; your channel rocks.

@Tobazhniazhi

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 👏

@jakekaywell5972

2 жыл бұрын

@Caleb OKAY I cannot disagree more strongly. More often than not, psychoanalysis is applied to historical figures for good reason. It's peering into their minds and I'm all for it.

@jakekaywell5972

2 жыл бұрын

Mental disorders in artists often lead to better art, so it's not wrong to assume that first. If verifiable evidence turns up that suggests that a given artist of historical importance did not have any such disorder, then that would be acceptable.

@Markus_Andrew

2 жыл бұрын

But what really defines "imagination"? The very entomology of the word infers "images of the mind". Since nobody has the same "mind images" as other people, and some may have far more vivid internal imagery than others, it stands to reason that some people have more perplexing mind images than others, and if they possess the wherewithal to realize them in a medium, they will feel a compulsion to do so. H. R. Giger always claimed that his macabre and disturbing artwork was his way of assuaging the internal images which plagued him, that he was "afraid of his own imagination", and that getting them onto canvas was like a kind of therapy for him. I believe there is a fine line between mental disorder and genuine creativity. Or rather, that the line is blurred.

@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment because I watched a video of Sister Wendy** talking about paintings and "psychoanalyzing" them as well as a video of Simon Schama** analyzing works by Carravaggio. Such analyzing is sometimes as interesting and "artistic" as the works being discussed. **Sister Wendy was a British nun that had both a book and video out discussing paintings. I believe she has passed away. Simon Schama was also a British celeb/personality/author famous for his book "The Story of the Jews" and a video documentary on the history of Britain/British Royalty.

I remember seeing a coffee table book with his art in large print when I was really young, and I was so disturbed back then! Thank you for this video... seeing the familiar scenes again took me back to when I first looked at that book. If it weren't for the vibrant colors, I probably would not have looked at the images long enough to get so disturbed 😅

It is a real treat to watch this video and see such detail from the paintings and so clearly. I feel sorry for those of medieval times who were so frightened by the threat of Hell.

Love this content. It's amazing!

I don't find this art, "disturbing," it calls to me as purely deep thinking, and dream like 🍃🌌