The Garden Of Earthly Delights - A Documentary

A documentary on Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights", housed in the "Museo del Prado", Madrid.
Written Presentation, Video Editing and Narration by Byron Thomas.
Music composed, sequenced and edited by Byron Thomas.
Bibliography:
wikipedia.org
boschproject.org
Hieronymus Bosch, The Complete Works. Stefan Fischer. Taschen.
Hieronymus Bosch. Carl Linfert. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Bosch's "Garden Of Earthly Delights". E. H. Gombrich. The Warburg Institute.
Hieronymus Bosch and the Issue of Origins. Larry Silver. jhna.org
The Seven Deadly Sins of Hieronymus Bosch. Sally Struthers. wright.edu
Hieronymus Bosch, Garden Of Earthly Delights. Hans Belting. Prestel Ltd.
Thank you for watching.

[@laurasarmis]

I loved every minute of this detailed description of one of the most fascinating works of art ever painted. Besides the text and the editing I would especially emphasize the quality of the music which gives so much color and life to this documentary. Thank you for sharing :)

[@moodyrick8503]

Please put date of painting up front. It's a priority in terms of historical context.

[@run4fun143]

Mmm, the music tho maybe subtle to some, changes ALOT in bringing the right emotion out. Love it!

[@wareforcoin5780]

I watch one video about The Garden of Earthly Delights, now my entire KZbin feed is Earthly Delights.

[@lisettes.9598]

I had access to an old college art textbook when I was very little. The Garden of Earthly Delights was my absolute favorite. Always something new to discover in it. Plus the skill with color was so eye catching to me. Still my favorite

[@DevInvest]

“Enraptured servetry of their inclination.” Damn. I thought I was good - 🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻🎯

[@the14thearlofgurney84]

Bosch was a genius. You have done justice to his masterpiece. As a long standing student of his, the wider context of his contemporaries which you give is outstanding. Whilst his works will never be fully understood, you have made it that little bit more tangible for me. Your production values are very impressive, particularly the seamless soundtrack. Am stunned overall. Thank you. Am curious as to your next project but understand if you wish to keep it under wraps.

[@sunishchabba]

Absolutely agree. Here is my tribute to Bosch...www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunishchabba/bosch-playing-cards-0

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

I have never never never watched and listened something so deep, inspirational and above all insightful...Thank you so much...

[@theburton8718]

I truly admire Bosch , mainly for his outwordly work in The Garden Of Earthly Delights and this doc really was an amazing attempt to rationalize what cannot be rationalized. Great work, congrats.

[@juliohernandez9372]

You have done this masterpiece justice good sir.

[@heyitstig6559]

This is amazing. I *really* appreciate the amount of effort and talent required to put this together. Makes me appreciate art more. 👏

[@alva909]

6 minutes watching and this documentary is very well narrated and the music fits accordingly.

[@martenrae8419]

Thank you for this...I have watched it three times in row and have every intention of watching it again very soon. Absolutely absorbing and thought provoking as are the others you have produced...all credit to you.

[@daramagicspace]

And the musical soundtrack is a piece of art itself 😯

[@sideshowtink]

Remarkable documentary. I could not have chosen a more perfect narrator or soundtrack for one of my favorite works.

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you!

[@papageno73]

Oustanding work. I've been forced multiple times to pause the video and search for the references and images. Really incredible and well documented. Thanks and congrats !

[@scathatch]

The music and the visual intensity of this documentary kept me in thrall. Even though I cannot accept the spiritual assumptions on which the medieval mind was beholden to. A wonderful achievement.

[@timebird78]

What an amazing meditation. I'm blown away. Please more!

[@captainkielbasa5471]

I just noticed you made the music for this yourself! Super impressive

[@jeremymarks1533]

Best analysis i've seen on Bosch, really glad I watched this. Bosch is one of my favorite artists because of his almost surreal style and because of the sheer amount of symbolism in his work.

[@Garfunkarella]

I love this. Amazing work. Thank you so much!!

[@ridskog]

This is like a movie./ best way to experience this painting in my opinion.

[@Stellaluna88]

The fountains all have a carnal look to me.

[@samsalamander8147]

Like a fleshy amalgamation of vaginas and penis’s or something right?

[@rafaelsoriajr]

Its demonic. Seriously

[@bonbonbonbonbonbon6288]

This is amazing content! Incredible analysis of a complex subject which is communicated impeccably to the audience. Please create more content like this.

[@svrfan]

This video is an artwork in itself! Thanks so much.

[@tyman3331]

What an astonishing piece of work this video is! Such a great abundance of interpretations and facts - love it!

[@apocolex93]

I’ve always loved this piece. Really cool to watch this. Thanks a lot!

[@danielbulican2557]

Thank you so much for this amazing and informative documentary. I enjoyed every bit of it! God bless you!

[@georgedubya3659]

Wow. Absolutely outstanding content. The structure, the comparisons, the music, the research, the thoughtful analysis... everything is perfect.

[@rebeccao8895]

This is the best analysis of this painting I’ve ever seen. Thank you!

[@Garfunkarella]

This is superb! Thank you so much!

[@soulstorm_music]

This was absolutely incredible. I will say that this interpretation for me is literally life-changing.

[@panninggazz5244]

Agree. It took me near 20 mins to adjust to the video. I then began again. I feel altered in an important way from the history of us!!

[@jcbravo9072]

Amazing video!!! I really loved it and I thank you very much for making it. Super inspiring and informative 👍❤️✌️

[@lucianene7741]

I'm wondering if the man at 40:00 isn't the author himself. It is the only figure wearing clothes, and also the only one with actual features, not a generic round face with innocent eyes, oblivious to evil. His eyes look straight to us, like breaking the fourth wall, and the subtle smirk suggests that he's the only one to understand what's going on in this lost world. Renaissance painters are known to include self-portraits into such complex compositions, sort of "Easter eggs" that double as hidden signatures on their paintings.

[@abanomex9038]

No, just as Eve is covered in hair, that man is covered in hair as well, so thats probably Adam.

[@abanomex9038]

But now that you mention about authors putting themselves in the paintings looking at us, you have the tree-man in hell, and i think he is Bosch, if you compare him to his portrait (in which he looks old), you will notice his likeness.

[@d100763]

this video is amazing - wish netflix would have a show of this creator explaining artworks

[@ramelep]

OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING work on this documentary ...

[@kobalt77]

What an absolutely wonderful presentation, very enlightening and enjoyable. The music is especially well suited to highlight certain aspects of the narrative, as is the comparative use of similar pieces of art by both Bosch and others. Thank you so much for sharing this, excellent work.

[@myriamlockhart6560]

Really enjoyed this presentation. Please keep providing them!

[@diaznuts5947]

I love your videos and your music, i hope we get to see more of your incredible work. Most importantly, thank you for inspiration ❤️

[@lindadee2053]

Wonderfully fantastical, both.

[@leonardoramirez4057]

amazing commentary, amazing music, amazing voice , great job 👍🏻👍🏻

[@realfoodproject1900]

Superb work !

[@SageethChathumadhu]

Well researched and the most informative video found on this masterpiece 📹👏 thank you so much 💜

[@nubealix9336]

Thank"s Byron . I really apreciate the documental,the whole concept is a journey to it painting. Good work. Saludos from Argentine.

[@mercedeslb237]

Vraiment magnifique! Je vous remercier pour votres effort et pour partager.

[@daramagicspace]

Wow I'm glad I got here to be amazed by this spectacular and unique content and re analyze art and the whole life 🤯

[@margzies]

This is incredible, thank you!!!

[@saoirserosenstock8144]

Wonderfully done, truly! Thank you so much for this 💕

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you, Saoirse Rosenstock!

[@inza3107]

This got sorta scary for me towards the end, so dramatic - I love it

[@R.Kinney1492]

Me, too! 😱

[@kevinevans8505]

Wonderful stuff ! All I can do is join the chorus of very justified praise. The presentation, with the music and all history eye-candy is just such a treat. Really beautiful. I must just take my place in the adoration of the strawberry.

[@kombasanpracka]

I just saw the amazing animated version of the 3rd part of this trilogy - Inferno. Immediately searched more info about it on Wikipedia (got just basic info). I wanted to know more about this amazing masterpiece and I'm more than happy I found your amazing, professionally done video. Thank you for the effort you put in your work. What a great documentary.

[@Cyriakx]

Had to put speed 1x25. Much better pacing. Great video though.

[@OzKnitGuy]

Thanks for that. Much, much better.

[@spideywhiplash]

Good idea! Thanks.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Absolutely. Otherwise it's unbearable.

[@charmerci]

Thanks! The voice was too weird at normal speed.

[@DevInvest]

I’m in the minority- I prefer the speed it’s at (which appears to be .75 ) as other episodes by this channel / narrator seem to be the same pace as this -when this is sped up by .25 to “normal”.. I actually chose to slow down the other Bosch presentations to enjoy them more! 😂🤗 I like the dreamy / altered state narration that to my ear, fits the painting marvelously. I guess that’s art though, right mates! However one can best enjoy the art! I have this reproduction- it’s fascinating- EVERYONE (who’s never seen a Bosch ) does the same thing- They initially see it, sort of double take and pretend to ignore it.. Invariably, ending up standing in front of it perplexed like the “RCA Dog” - then finally asking- “WTF IS THIS!!” 😂😂

[@heekyungkim8147]

I am learning a lot from this documentary… really great work. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks.

[@chancoraline103]

I love Bosch when I was a child, saw his content in a magazine. What a masterpiece

[@zendave43]

A true masterpiece of art interpretation ! Well done...thank you.

[@geeboom]

Absolutely impressive presentation of the masterpiece. Hats off to Byron Thomas.

[@dburgd99]

Absolutely wonderful! Thank you.

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you!

[@trixiepixie5168]

I'm not really a religious person, however this documentary was beautiful and fascinating.

[@ellensumm]

This is so addictive and relaxing I wish it never ended

[@colbyklink4636]

truly delightful!

[@byrondixonbd]

Awesome job in explaining this painting. That 🐠 fish gets about. I'm amazed at the detail and shading on the smallest of objects within this painting. Oh yeah nice name, I have heard it before some where.

[@Leanners]

This is the type of art video I’ve been looking for

[@philipelajeunesse1149]

your work is incredible, you helped me for a school work!

[@Aidan-uy3bf]

Very very good, thank you

[@bibilopez849]

Thank you for this 🤍✝️

[@hyperionhiker6320]

Curious what your thoughts are regarding the owl representing Lilith, the first female before Eve. She's also associated with Moloch and Babylonian Cult myths before the flood. I think it's curious that the owl sits on top of what looks like a Shiva in the center of the triptych, also deeply tied to this cult.

[@ShubhamVerma-bc2vk]

Great video .... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Nahobino777]

Great documentary! I knew about the triptych thanks to a Faust book (cover illustration was part of it) and was curious about its story. Hieronymus Bosch was truly an interesting artist. Music reminds me a bit of Bloodborne!

[@panninggazz5244]

Wow. This video is a masterpiece. It took me about ten minutes or so to slow myself down to listen. I then started over. Wow. I am altered from this guided tour. I had zero knowledge of the back story or previous art. I had been introduced to it in the mid 1970s with no history, therefore, until now I had a very cavalier opinion. Thank you!!!! Thank you very much. It is such an amazing piece that I can still enjoy the weirdness. But I shall not see it the same now

[@difusoseinfinitoslasidorem2241]

Precioso y Profundo..increíble..por fin ..un discurso SERIO..sobre su Vida personal .. gracias por siempre !!!

[@maleka58]

This is my Favourite artwork. I always keeps me mesmerised.

[@aunevik]

Very well made ! Tnx

[@josieming104]

I remember this painting as a child. I enjoyed watching this from beginning to end! Your voice puts peace as I watch this video of an amazing artist! Byron Thomas, have you ever thought of doing more voice overs on more paintings of other artists? I would love it if you could do a documentary on the artist Vladimir Kush paintings! And perhaps more on other artists?

[@mkour]

These are amazing

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

"Composite monstrocity" at 22:39 is a seal Actually almost all of the creatures are quite identifiable but some exotic ones are probaly copied from "travel" books or drawn from bad taxidermy.

[@StevenTorrey]

Very good, very impressive.

[@dumwyteguy]

I have a framed poster of this hanging a few feet away from me for a couple years now. I have studied it in varying degrees over the years and I am no closer to discovering its' "meaning". Frankly I don't want to know. It has not sullied itself with a discernible political message; It exists to be contemplated and puzzled over. I believe that is the essence of *true* creativity.

[@stephanieaustin274]

When I first saw Hieronymus Bosch paintings I noped out, but now I am fascinated by them.

[@difusoseinfinitoslasidorem2241]

Más bella presentación y lectura y Música ..nunca vi..gracias !!!

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you, Muchas gracias!

[@katiecoollady]

I am working on a puzzle of this work! I have become a fan :)

[@captainkielbasa5471]

Best analysis on youtube. Better than "great art explained". Too many people dismiss all the detail as mere delusions of religion. This painting is far, far, more than some "religious propaganda", as "great art explained" puts it.

[@mannyrobbo4508]

Last summer I got six large poster's of what I believe to be his greatest works and I'm still caught out now and again by seeing something new.

[@gamechanger835]

Awesome video.

[@Satanna.avemaria]

And hell I want this man to read me a bed time story 💖🌸

[@josephbrocato6693]

I fucking love his voice this is asmr to the max

[@MrJessterr]

sensacional !

[@AnthonyFrantz]

Great video sir. Probably my most favorite painting of all time

[@AnthonyFrantz]

If only I cared what people on KZbin thought...

[@JJ-yk6il]

I could handle the speaking being a bit faster, but this video is a work of art in itself. Thank you.

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you!

[@cgfd5873]

Hey man, great work

[@nasibars4575]

This is deep.....and now I get a part of the meanings encoded.

[@momo1883]

Really good 👍 deep nice atmosphere

[@rameyzamora1018]

How interesting. Seeing so many similarities to the illustrations in the Voynich Manuscript in this work! Even the psychedelic plants/flowers are echoed.

[@difusoseinfinitoslasidorem2241]

Verdadero..es de una Belleza su delicadísima Contemplación ..tan Respetuosa del momento Histórico difícil de aquellos años del Divino Maestro..nunca había visto..una Presentación y Relato..tan hermosamente EVOCADO..es lo q toda Alma desea escuchar..ver..sumergirse en este Mundo Sublime..de Sabiduría..y Humana Herrumbre..tránsito. pasajera..Mística..casi feliz pero nunca así..lo vi jamás ! Su VOS.. suspende a la Dicha del Contemplar. Incluso las más terribles escenas..son dulcemente Evocadas por UD.! Es un Talento de Poésia y Delicadeza..y mucha Fuerza interior q logra penetrar y conducirnos al Misterio..sin explicar banalidades ni impertinentes cavilaciones de percutido ruidor sin vida ni ternura..como Tarkovsky o Bergman..nos hechiza su Amor por lo Humano ..lo Místico..y lo Bestial..lo Degradante y lo sublime..no hay vencidos ni vencedores..Solo Pureza..Esperanza ..como Maestro Hieronymus en su alma y manos y corpo sacrificios por el Arte ..no puedo describir nada..solo..abrevia y disuelve el Dolor y la Mezquindad..de mi Vida..los temores y prejuicios y los Anhelos Espirituales ascienden en espiral suave..lento molto lento..GRAXIEeee !! Señor Byron..le seguiremos muchos por Su RESPETO..y Humanidad ante los humildes ignotos y anónimos q observamos y UD.Es Puente hacia el Genio Puro del Maestro Boshco..graxiee infinitas.tengo dolores fuertes y Su Exposición serena..sin aplastar con histerias ni desgastadas implicancias..me ha aliviado por completo..he contemplado la Divina Faz del Maestro Humilde y la LUX Eterna q nos ilumina..

[@soundclock2939]

You had done the greatest painting ever created justice. Wondrous narration and description. Is there a way I can find just the music you composed. I would like to listen to it alone.

[@marianmichalski]

Well done

[@kylebittner5100]

The critique's conclusion is jaded.

[@vikingshelm]

Bosch is one of my favorite artists!

[@soup1374]

Absolutely moved by your interpretation Byron... I’m an artist as well, and find that awareness of our collective history is essential to living. At first, I was put off by the tone of your voice and the eerie instrumental accompaniment. Then, as we got into the concepts of Bosch’s work..I understood. This painting is a tragic one, yet, the hope is still found in the knowledge that a human being could conjure this vision (aware that they were under Devine Intervention). Your music reflects this theme, too. It sounds as if you referenced sounds across time and cultures (BRILLIANT)! I am working on a painted project this Summer that carries this theme of multiple figures in one “place.” I hope that you can check it out when I have completed it! Best of luck to you friend.

[@ByronThomas]

Thank you! Best of luck to you too.

[@francisoconnelljr.4790]

I think he did a fantastic job in choosing metaphor images that basically everyone could understand. Even (or "especially") illiterates.

[@beyondalpha1072]

All came true, what a ungodly hell we live in

[@RandomnessTube.]

Masterpiece.

[@peter81083]

Great explanation but I wish you would have elaborated more on some of the symbolism, specifically the animals. Thank you! I could watch every documentary about this piece!