Beyond Bosch Exactly 500 years ago, in 1516, in the Duchy of Burgundy, died Jerome Bosch - an artist who linked the Middle Ages and Modern times with his work and remained a mystery to art critics. In the anniversary for Bosch 2016, his works returned to the hometown of the painter Hertogenbos in North Brabant for one of the main exhibitions-blockbusters of the year – “Jerome Bosch”. Visions of genius”. . .
Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken, better known as Jeronymus Bosch (Latin Hieronymus Bosch; circa 1450-1516) was a Dutch hereditary artist, one of the greatest masters of the Northern Renaissance period. From the artist’s work, about ten paintings and twelve drawings have been preserved. He was initiated into the Brotherhood of Our Lady (Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap; 1486) and is considered one of the most enigmatic painters in the history of Western art. The art of Bosch has always possessed a tremendous attractive power. Modern scientists came to the conclusion that Bosch’s work contains a much deeper meaning, and made many attempts to explain its meaning, find its origins, give it an interpretation. Some consider Bosch to be something like a surrealist of the XV century, who extracted his unprecedented images from the depths of the subconscious, and, calling his name, invariably remember Salvador Dali. Researchers still can not confidently talk about the creative evolution and chronology of Bosch’s works, since none of them has a date, and the formal development of the creative method does not represent a progressive movement and is subject to its own logic, suggesting ebb and flow. For the contemporaries of Bosch, his paintings had much more meaning than for the modern viewer. The necessary explanations to the plots of the medieval man received from a variety of symbols, which abound in the paintings of Bosch. The meaning of many symbols has already been irretrievably lost, the symbols changed their meaning depending on the context, they were interpreted differently in different sources - from mystical treatises to practical magic, from folklore to ritual representations. For 5 centuries, the ambiguity of Bosch’s symbolism allowed researchers of his work and admirers to relate the artist to a variety of religious and philosophical directions.
The energy of creativity and imagination in Bosch’s paintings is impressive and grandiose. In the paintings you can see both complete meaning and complete nonsense. And it is this secret and mysterious power of Bosch’s “artistic talent” that is dedicated to this wonderful documentary that asks the viewer and tries to answer the most important questions about the artist.