Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Full Length): Great Art Explained

[@GreatArtExplained]

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[@tornadof5thenature109]

hey ,any one knows who used urban signature ? got a painting with it no idea what could be the price

[@glennparrington7292]

Music is jarringly loud

[@misstori1437]

The man covering his face in hell is peeking at the whore where his wife who would be the maid looking frog demon attempts to usher him away but she has been turned through jealousy over his infedelith of peeking at the whole through his fingers

[@dusssss631]

The 'vogelen' reference also means 'to figure out'.

[@justaguy6100]

Look, almost ANY Bosch painting can be equated with some kind of psychedelic drug imagery, but it's always ABOUT something at the same time. VERY good analysis, especially in pointing out the symmetry between the triptych's panels.

[@laurenmoran9516]

My husband and I are working on a 1000 piece puzzle with this painting, and it's given us the perfect excuse to pour over it and all its fascinating details

[@moodist1er]

I built this puzzle too. I still need to frame it

[@thehealthywriter]

Here too right after I finished the puzzle haha

[@tmr3109]

I bought the puzzle for my mom to entertain herself during the Covid lockdown, she finished it but said she had nightmares!

[@laurenmoran9516]

@@tmr3109 the right panel is definitely nightmare fuel 😅 even the middle panel has some super whack elements to it

[@mira-sturdivant]

and here i am, about to start the same puzzle!

[@venaced]

I wouldn't mind if there were an hour to two hours long Great Art Explained videos. You sir have a priceless gem in your hands. From the paintings , analysis and your voice. I hope your channel gets the attention it deserves.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thank you 🙏

[@potita24]

I would love it

[@Nickelodeon81]

I concur.

[@akashchakraborty2189]

The exact comment I would've said...

[@jackmcnally9237]

I concur.

[@vanessajansen3090]

This is the medieval equivalent of a movie. A very complex story, (3 act structure) total suspension of disbelief, an intricate visual aesthetic, hours long entertainment, contemplation the meaning of life, the artiste's message... wow. Thanks for these videos. As someone who loves art but is not studied in it, these videos are awesome.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Great comment thanks 🙏

[@katrinschonherr8402]

Tank you for your your amazing and amazingly instructive Videos. As an Englishteacher from Germany who has been teaching both German to English pupils as well as German and English to German students, I have always been more interested in books than in art but now, thanks to your videos, I am happily beginning to read paintings and skulptures, too. THANK YOU!!! Katrin

[@bluetick4816]

A movie where black people were perceived as demonic and evil, its a Horror Movie for ebony people😢

[@melissamoonchild9216]

the is a great insight, especially for someone who hasn't studied art

[@KeizerHedorah]

Yep that's what the guy in the video said...

[@eurib628]

I just watched/listened to this while literally in front of the painting at Museo del Prado, thank you SO much for what you do

[@mateuszunguze4884]

Wow so jealous of you 😅

[@carols.8103]

7:01 i love that the guy known for vividly detailed wild artwork has a completely blank outline of a shield as his coat of arms

[@LetsFindOut1]

I had no idea how much symbolism was packed into this already fascinating painting. This was a masterclass analysis. I love how a thoroughly-researched breakdown of a specific item or event can reveal more about an entire civilization/culture (the Christian West, here) than a superficial overview of all of it's history. Thank you so much for your effort in putting this masterful documentary together, GAE!

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks so much! 🙏

[@leonmorrison1634]

I didn't know it could be closed, I've only ever seen the tryptych open, mind was blow,

[@leonmorrison1634]

What if you paint n don't care about the subject??? Serious question!!

[@lesleyn7474]

Omg hi I use ur vids to sleep 🤭

[@R-cv5tv]

Me neither, truly fascinating how much thought is behind this painting. Totally inspiring to me. 🙌🏼

[@andrewmartin8978]

I especially love how you help unpack all of the symbolism, ie: the raised hand to signal that someone is speaking, the two fingers to indicate a gesture of benediction. This is the fun stuff that is hard to find in textbooks.

[@lucas2mazini]

This video already is a masterpiece by itself. Actually, this channel is a masterpiece. I think the artists you explained would be honored if they were alive.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks so much Lucas 🙏

[@coreyham3753]

`Agreed ... masterpiece and intriguing analysis of this great work of art.

[@BethS-o1g]

I really appreciate how you explain art through the social and political climates of their times

[@bamboleo6348]

First Red Velvet sent us to Bach and introduced us to the world of classical piano and now we're taking a trip down the renaissance era with famous art pieces LOL. There's really no groups like RV

[@GreatArtExplained]

That’s amazing - I watched their video - did they recommend my channel or did you just find me?

[@Verlfled]

@@GreatArtExplained it was recommended after their music video for myself and many others

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@@Verlfled True

[@bamboleo6348]

@@GreatArtExplained I saw it on my recommendations and honestly I'm glad. How you presented this was so easy to watch and fascinating. Sorry for late reply

[@aiyulee6366]

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[@CarlosHernandez-zf8vm]

This video feels like it shouldn't be free

[@tomoajacksion809]

Ikr. °¿°?

[@albertngene7402]

The most useful things come free.

[@mobiditch6848]

Define “free”.

[@WorgenGrrl]

That's what Patreon is for.

[@LilyAmongThorns]

That’s why I don’t skip the commercials, otherwise you are basically stealing.

[@davidshepherd397]

A great review of a truly fascinating piece of art. Anyone trying to "get" art without an idea of all the context of the surrounding society is doomed to fail. People today are too quick to judge everything by today's standards, and miss the whole meaning. thank you for doing the research for us.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks 🙏

[@Zorocanify]

Well said!

[@tanyatmarie2263]

It's amazing how timeless the painting is. Though sin and the grotesque punishment of horrors it brings, was well understood. Still, that doesn't seem to stop us.

[@davidshepherd397]

@@tanyatmarie2263 Humanity, the eternally flawed species.

[@tanyatmarie2263]

@@davidshepherd397 flawed? Absolutely. Eternally? Let's hope so. Otherwise, what's the point? I'd bask in the satisfaction of perfection for about five minutes. But then what?

[@aayyiss]

This is such a great resourse not only for The Garden of Earthly Delights, but to Bosch as an artist in general. Your work is amazing and much appreciated. Thank you a lot.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@matteomontanarini7132]

I need to explain my gratitude to you: I'm a huge fan of Bosch's works, but I never found a person which analyzes details and allegorical questions in the way you do. So, thank you for the great work you made.

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

I studied fine art in college and never had any professors as exceptional as you are. You have opened a whole new realm of understanding for me into these paintings... each of your lectures, along with the visual graphics, photos, etc is fantastic with so much new information - how & where the artists lived, who/what influenced their personalities, color choices and composition.... your videos are a true delight and treasure trove of riches for anyone with an interest in art as well as the professional artist. Thank you for these wonderful videos and please make more. You are a born teacher with great skills in communicating your love of these masterpieces.

[@RateOfChange]

I'm a mathematician and musician. I was never into visual arts but yesterday I saw this painting (I had already seen bits of it here and there, but never saw the full pannel) and it left me groundless. It's one of the most beautiful and enigmatic things I've ever seen. I decided to teach myself a bit of art history/interpretation from now on thanks to Bosch's work and this channel is definitely going to be my starting point. The interpretation you've presented actually matches the one I came up with initally. Great video, great analysis!

[@rajeshwarighosh2475]

My love for art and its interpretation has only increased after stumbling upon your channel. It is not only beautifully crafted and informative but also feels like meditation.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thank you 🙏

[@rajeshwarighosh2475]

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[@patriciareed2007]

I cannot even find words to adequately express my joy and gratitude for this channel. Thank you. Thank you. Such a gift you have given us. What can we give to you?

[@GreatArtExplained]

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[@JamesMiller-tk6jl]

@@GreatArtExplained You must be prophetic in your religious beliefs to have given such deep meaning to this incredible work of art. I must confess I have been on again off again in my faith but much more than that a self admitted hypocrite when I professed to be a christian. Your analysis of this painting was nothing short of miraculous. I have severely struggled with my so called faith all my life, simply because this life makes absolutely no sense at all. Most likely I will find out at the dead-end of my physical life that my soul will live in eternal damnation wishing I like many many others will plead for death and most certainly will never come. I have never felt that my life has purposeful meaning and that this world has no purposeful meaning. In my thoughts God is solely responsible for everything since he created everything. There is no free will since everything is predetermined before any life begins. God himself said he knew us before we were created in the womb, and the future of the world and all its inhabitants was recorded as God's word in the Bible from beginning to end. When I viewed the summary of this massive painting it says the same thing as the Bible. Everything in life was already predetermined and predicted, so there can be no free will if the future has already been told. God knew when he sent lucifer more commonly known as Satan to earth to provoke temptation in the heart and mind of mankind that mankind would fell the test. God created everything and therefore knows everything before and after anything happens. What has destroyed my faith in God is not about myself but every terrible thing that happens as a consequence of sin, yet in the predicted state of this world nothing ever improves. In fact people of faith will tell you, it's due to the sin nature of mankind that implicates and complicates the world that keeps it in darkness. If Jesus came to forgive the sins of mankind so that God can forget and if mankind receives Jesus as their Savior and repents for forgiveness, then why are we and everything else still suffering? Two people committed sin, so all must suffer death and destruction when in all reality all God had to do was STOP AND NOBODY OR ANYTHING WOULD HAVE HAD TO SUFFER ANY LONGER. I truly wish I could just get enough faith the size of a mustard seed but I can't comprehend why I should. To love is to be unconditional. To love is too be compassionate, kind, empathetic, and understanding and punish but not forever punish. To damn to hell is not the kind of love that I know about. Life became cruel when God said go forth and multiple. What is your analysis to what I am feeling? My supplication to the true understanding of the Bible has gotten me nowhere.

[@jessturner6886]

41:00 The instrument on the man’s back actually looks like a shawm - a precursor to the oboe, the shawm was a very loud and harsh-sounding instrument (like bagpipes without the bag - notice the man covering his ears) typically played in secular dance music in the late Middle Ages and also used in Turkish janissary (war and festival) music. Brilliant video.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Interesting - thanks for the comment 🙏

The demon playing music, according to manuscripts such as the key of Solomon is called Amduscia and is supposed to be the master musician of hell in charge of demonic music torturing souls with it's infernal compositions. The unicorn is depicted in certain medieval paintings in the scene of the annunciation, and is thought to be a representation of Christ as in these scenes it is seen running towards the virgin Mary.

[@RussMcClay]

I've been studying this piece for a long time. I have Taschen's The Complete Works with it's essays. I have pondered the large poster I bought and had framed of it. And now I find your video. What an extraordinary and exceptional explanation you have provided here. Thank you to Great Art Explained and those who were directly responsible for the text and video edition. I'm extremely appreciative. Thank you.

[@santiagom3744]

Unbelievably interesting and digestible analysis of my favorite painting. Having grown up in a house with this painting on the main hall, and having spent hours reflecting on its image as a child, I was delighted (pun intended) to take a deeper look at it and understand its legacy as well as its influences.

[@Kahhru]

As a child, what did you think it was about?

[@starspeculation]

It's kind of a creepy painting to just casually have in your house. I'm not saying I don't believe you. I'm just kind of wondering about your parents interior design choices.

[@falke4199]

@@starspeculation conversation piece ;)

[@arturo_renteria]

Man your parents are creepy as hell

[@Bomer527]

Yeah…

[@caddieohm7059]

Dear James, I just want to thank you for this channel. An art historian myself but not working in the field you have revived my love for art and stories and your videos inspire me so much. It is just awesome that work like yours is free to us. I miss a 2€ patron as I have to turn over every pennie but would just love to support your brilliant work. Thanks for all that! From Germany

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks 🙏

[@Sicaoisdead]

Although I'm a total atheist, I've always loved this piece of art. It provides great symbolism for 21st century life, and the drudgery and darkness we're heading towards as a civilisation. Left panel being the early times of humans, containing purity. The middle being where we are now, over-population, shame and debauchery. The right panel is where we're heading, bleak, polluted and hopelessness. It's just so metaphorical. Even simply it's surrealistic images, it's just enjoyable to look at and perceive. Absolutely excellent video.

[@basil7292]

overpopulation, more like unequal distribution of resources

[@dmtripreport8542]

The only people I ever hear say we are headed towards drudgery and darkness are atheists online, nah that can't be a coincidence, can it? I mean me and all my friends are having kids, and hopeful for the future, it's so great. Maybe this painting is what happens to people that stop following the light of the creator? Gahg that's just crazy talk.

[@neiland5098]

@@dmtripreport8542 are you sure the world is going to be stable in the near future, with all the problems that are taking place across the globe, as with the instability in the US and the bearing this will have on world politics

[@jellophant9716]

@@dmtripreport8542 I'm sorry but this smells like first world Christianity to me. For decades large countries have cracked down on religious and even nonreligious practices they don't like and even the tolerant ones have continued to pillage the environment and fund wars. There are great things about the future but many things that worry me and others who are Christian. It worries me that you have handwaved all of that with an anecdote.

[@evildead2002]

@@dmtripreport8542 lol hopeful for what future? The planets resources are depleted and people want to carry on as normal ignorantly. At this rate it will leave them with..... an interesting future.

[@mariomunguiajr.9515]

I'm an artist and teacher and studied Bosch during my BFA and MFA and now lecture on the painter. When I saw all these comments about Red Velvet my first immediate thought was is that a movie or art group I'm unaware of, so I looked them up. The utter shock and pleasure I got from finding out they are a K-Pop group really left me flabbergasted. But I liked the video and now I can reference a connection between something I know very well (Bosch) with something my friends and students know very well (Red Velvet). I find the link to be fantastic!!!

[@alisaalisa2060]

I think Bosch was a kind of "alien" to his time, I don't bite any kind of analysis of his work, even in today's world can't find that type of imagery (was it imagery?:) ) People must admit that they have no understanding for Bosch 's work and there is absolutely no explanation for the timing of such kind of work

[@cjrains6022]

I was wondering what Red Velvet is why I’m here meant. Sounds like an 80s pop jacket material or group or track.

[@tweegeTX3]

Just a point of interest: When the narrator points out the severed foot hanging from the helmet of the demon in the lower right, it is suggested this may be a reference to limbs lost due to ergot poisoning. This type of rotting of the limbs, like frostbite, occurs first at the extremities, due to the fact that these places are furthest from the heart, so the blood supply is least plentiful here compared to other similar tissues. It’s also why small cuts & bruises on the fingers & toes seem to take longer than usual to heal. The foot depicted is severed, not unusual in medieval medicine, but it is whole and unblemished, healthy-looking. It is not decomposing. I see the foot perhaps being a trophy, a badge of the demon’s success in performing it’s evil duty - to see the soul in question relinquish their freedom, their very ability to move and change their position. Hell is eternal, permanent. The end not just of free choice, but choice itself. The demon keeps hidden in plain view the irreversible consequence of damnation.

[@mikemestas9835]

very well put i think that is in keeping with the artists motiif

[@GreatArtExplained]

Please leave a comment (even a short one) and "like" the video. It really helps promote the channel on KZbin. I appreciate it! James

[@user-fv7jb1bd3s]

I don’t understand - if the painting does play by the rules of linear perspective as you say, why is the vanishing point not on the horizon line but is instead falling a great deal forward of it in the foreground? Vanishing points are always on horizon lines

[@user-fv7jb1bd3s]

Around 2 mins 18

[@user-fv7jb1bd3s]

Is it that each foreground middle ground and background have their own respective horizon lines in this painting?

[@blazingstar9638]

No doubt!🔥🙏

[@siamesefightingfish2861]

I'm thrilled to have discovered your channel.

[@mrittikmukherjee1347]

This channel is going to be huge, I'm sure of it! The quality of content is mind blowing. 🔥🔥

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thank you 🙏

[@catsinq5726]

I was going to watch five minutes of this out of curiosity, and was fascinated enough to stay for an hour. I love your take on it as something that people of the time would have been able to "read" baased on clear symbolism that was common at the time. Some of the images were probably very amusing to them as well.

[@tanyatmarie2263]

Exactly! My mother had coffee table books featuring the great masters. As I child I stared at them for hours, each time seeing a new detail. Now I'm there again, only this time it feels like I've got a learned friend sitting next to me, giving me his input. What a lovely evening well spent.

[@BuketYenenler]

Truly amazing video, so well made. I just spent over an hour talking to an amazing tour guide about this mind-blowing piece at the Hieronymous Bosch Arts Center in den Bosch. There were so many implications that we didn’t even get to that I saw in this video! To add a few things to the stuff mentioned in the video, and hopefully someone finds them as fascinating too: -The guide told me that the figure in the right panel with the ears and the knife is wordplay for judgement! Judgement translates to “oordeel” in Dutch, and if you break the word apart: oor means ear, and deel means to cut/share! - Another meaning of the owl in the medieval times is temptation. Apparently, owls were used to catch smaller birds as the smaller species were known to “mob” predatory birds such as owls! -Another Dutch phrase I learned today was “doorgestokend cards” which would be said to a person who was cheating at a card game. The phrase literally means “cards that were stabbed through”, so the guide interpreted the left bottom side of the left panel as a man who cheated at cards in his life being punished through having his hand stabbed through.

[@cjrains6022]

Thank you ❤

[@jasper1966]

I saw this in Madrid, very great painting! I was born near Den Bosch and the soul of Jeroen Bosch is still roaming its streets. There are a lot of places where you can still feel his presence like a boat tour trough the small canals of the small city where they project his paintings on the dark walls of the tunnels. If you are in NL, go visit Den Bosch and eat a Bossche bol while you are at it.

[@na27000]

Sad because as Catholic, and Bosh also was, it means he is still in purgatory. I very much hope he is resting in peace instead.

[@依莎施]

直至今天我才知道有这么一个多么令人敬佩的画作。感谢您提供地址，有机会我一定要去荷兰看看

[@whatsup02]

I like how you say "I think" which means it's your interpretation and that you are open to other people's opinion/interpretation.

[@itsmarinabee]

I feel so lucky that I got to see this painting in real life. I stared at it for about 30 minutes and I cried..it's such a masterpiece 😢😢 Thank you for creating this channel!

[@vefover]

This painting deserves this depth of analysis. Thank you for your initial 3 parts for this banquet of a dissection. Super pleasing to sit back, enjoy, and digest. I hope you continue to do these video essays on more fantastic works! Cheers

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks Michael 🙏 I have more in the works!

[@amydavidson7166]

I love the historical context that Great Art Explained gives to each discussion. I have an art history degree and find these lessons to be priceless in their succinct and yet in depth knowledge. Thank you for these wonderful videos. I have watched them multiple times to soak in all of the information that sheds light into the artist’s mind and paintings!

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@brightmamba889]

I am here because of Metaphor ReFantazio

[@TeamSurprisePixel]

Sameee

[@concerninghobbits5536]

I needed a name for myself and the protagonist and next thing I know I'm reading about the Albigensian Crusade on Wikipedia. Trying to figure out some of the influences on the game or in this case possible influences on Bosch, what kind of religious thoughts were floating about at the time. It's crazy how much games take inspiration from niche historical stuff, like a lot of Jewish mysticism, Gnosticism, all kinds of mythologies, etc.

[@Basedard]

Same

[@dillonjohn7999]

If I’m being truly honest me too

[@john_7000]

Saaaame

[@natureart2575]

I'm a fan of Jerome Bosch's works .As the world goes, those paintings continue to amaze art lovers. I first heard about Bosch ten years ago. The day my exhibition ends at Fort Kochi. When I was sad that I could not even sell a painting, someone from France came. He loved my work so much and bought two paintings. He told me that day that my work was somewhat similar to Bosch's work. Then I saw the work of that legend on the internet.

[@southerncross4956]

Thank you, for your hard work, your productions are superb. Bosch was in business, his business was art. To succeed his art must be on display, draw crowds, stir emotions, loved, hated. As you so rightly observed The Garden of Earthly Delights was a conversation peace that was entertaining and brought energy to the owner’s home and parties. It was a smashing success for a talented commercial painter, nothing more.

[@EddoFoxy]

As a Dutch speaking person, I commend your pronunciation of all the Dutch words. I respect that you avoided the hard G, and I never got the hang of s'hertogenbosch, even though I used to have to go there all the time for work, so kudos on that. Great video!

[@darkcheaker]

Still couldn't pronounce the name correctly

[@seltexmx]

So many theories about this painting....thank you...finally one I can spiritually and mentally understand. Brilliant work. Thank you for making this film (too good to be referred to as a video)....truly a work of art in itself.

[@phuonganhbooklog]

Come here because of Red Velvet's MV "Feel The Rhythm" and still can't believe they brought this art into a music video !!

[@jameslippincott7440]

This was phenomenal. I appreciated your honest and researched analysis of the painting. It can be tempting, for me at least, to quickly put a label on something so complicated. When you called it propaganda, and when confronted with the moral weight of the painting, it heightened my discomfort but continuing to peer into the painting, I found it utterly fascinating. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.

[@soph1111e]

You’ve really emphasized why I love Bosh and this painting in particular so much. I love it’s undeniably surreal imagery but I also love the fact that the artist painted it as an earnest attempt at depicting his view of the world around him. It was his genuine belief that these surreal creatures awaited us in the afterlife and he painted them as a warning to his audience of what was to come. This is how the medieval mind worked. In a modern context it becomes absolutely otherworldly and bizarre. I love it.

[@gabeforrest3889]

This is, by far, the best artistic analysis I have ever watched, and much less of such a confusing and detailed work as this one. Immediate subscribe from me.

[@pixierainbow7]

Checked out this video since a kpop MV, Red Velvet's "Feel My Rhythm" referenced this artwork.

[@patrickdunlop5751]

Fantastic painting.!.... I'm a painter of construction sites...( retired)....and trying to paint like this is impossible for me to even comprehend....it's amazing how fantastic this stuff REALLY is.

[@timdanyo898]

We covered this work in Art History class. The teacher reviewed it for a few minutes. Thank you so much for the in-depth analysis. This is one of the most incredible works of art of all time. imho.

[@elainemccarthy2272]

Brilliant analysis and commentary -- you must have done SO much research! I only wish I had had this available when I visited the Prado in 2019

[@GreatArtExplained]

Thanks Elaine 🙏

[@benvinar2876]

it sucks to know how much research he did, when all i had to do was ascend the tree of life, and find all this in the astral realm.

[@c5quared626]

Agreed, impeccable attention to detail.

[@mirnasimmi4901]

@@benvinar2876 ascend these nuts

[@benvinar2876]

@@mirnasimmi4901 dont cast your pearls to swine.

[@KateGoesFirst]

This is 1000 times better than any art school lesson!!’

[@jacquelinepayne2012]

I remember as young children my brother and I used to spend hours looking at a series of detailed prints of this painting in one of my father's many art books. We certainly found them very amusing and entertaining and they kept us occupied on rainy days laughing and discussing what these bizarre images might have meant. Now, several decades later after watching this explanation I have a much better understanding. Thankyou.

[@TupDigital]

Absolutely staggering. To be able to see this in your mind's eye and translate it with your hand. As a human being. Seems like a blessing and a curse. Terrific video.

[@dreioo8759]

That hellish city looks exactly like a 20th century metropolis, complete with light pollution and spotlights. Remarcable!

[@Yotrymp]

It's surreal seeing the Christians were right in a sense.

[@genetachi9890]

True, the boat looks like yacht or something similar to it

[@nm9688]

Ehh...not really

[@leeturton9254]

The yellow haze in the sky is something i remember from my childhood... thankfully those lights have been removed

[@shemuelthesabbatian1254]

Capitalists

[@KaluSuddasCanDie]

I just can’t get enough of this material... you Sir are an international treasure. Please take good care of yourself and live long. I hope you do. Much love from Sri Lanka🙏🏼❤️

[@a.kenneth3521]

I spent many hours at El Prado staring at this triptych over a period of months in 1979. Before I moved away, I bought a large copy on canvas. It’s my favorite painting. Thank you for your insights - wonderful job! Subscribed.

[@llamalover5791]

Bosch is my absolute favorite artist and it is so fascinating combing through his oaintings

[@hunderskunder2596]

One of my favorite paintings of all time. The depth and layers of meaning to it are second to none compared to any other artwork I've ever seen. I was fortunate enough to see it in person last year in Madrid. I could have easily spent all day looking at it.

[@monsieurm6975]

One of my favourite pieces of work in all of Western art. Watching part 1-3, with your wonderful narration and superb insight ... definitely such an amazing insight into each panel is beyond compare, thank you 🙏 !

[@meteor2012able]

I really learned a lot and plan to view the video again and again so that I can ponder more deeply the disparate symbolic ( but unified Biblical, cultural, historic time frame ) elements in the painting. I am a retired social behavioral scientist with a clinical background in corrections. I have been fascinated with Bosh's paintings since high school but didn't quite know why. The narrator's explanations helped immensely. I know that much research, time, and multidisciplinary efforts must have gone into the making the final product. Therefore, Thanks a million everyone involved!!!!

[@DrMorpheus]

I completed the full video. I enjoyed the commentary and visual presentation greatly. The theoretical interpretation is grounded in research concerning contemporary life, art, geopolitical developments and Catholic religious thinking. All in all, plausible, thought-provoking and entertaining. Bravo, five stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sophiamanukova2721]

Your contribution to the aesthetic education of the art enthusiasts is invaluable!

[@watching7721]

His paintings are a collection of sights and symbols which come together to form something so grandiose in painting

[@vmo1774]

You never get tired of studying and analyzing his paintings. He has truly captured the subconcious mind.

[@sandramuller3064]

I am pretty sure that the man-eating owl in the right panel isn't an owl at all but a european nightjar. Among many other stories, the call of the nightjar was thought to be an omen of death. Fascinating documentation!

[@cess3520]

this pops up after watching "feel my rhythm" mv of red velvet! how amazing!

[@truecynic1270]

Way ahead of his time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's reflection of humanity, amazingly created and painted.

[@goopah]

What. There's a channel that explains my favorite art/artists? Up until just now, I'd been learning about them via Wikipedia, which is great, but not much detail on certain aspects. But I'm 62 and so I'll use old age for my excuse. This channel is exactly what I didn't know I needed. Thank you.

[@rahighosh5313]

Came here after Red Velvet 'Feel my rhythm' and became very interested in the painting

[@thomidog9047]

What an extraordinary and marvellous painting this is! The analysis was so fast-moving and dense that to take it all in, I will need to watch it many times. That something created so long ago could be so detailed and complex, intellectual and imaginative at once, is just amazing. Thank you for bringing it to life for a modern audience.

[@elaineculbert8594]

@Thomidog: Like you, I found it fast-moving as well and plan to return to this video to fully absorb and (hopefully) retain the fascinating explanation. This channel is a real gem! 🇨🇦

[@alfredaldridge5235]

I keep coming back to watch this video, it’s a supreme achievement and I learn more with every viewing. So educational yet unpretentious. Thank you for allowing myself and others to learn about great art.

[@lollipoplemur5073]

I love this. So many layers of fascinating tidbits all in one painting. This definitely needed an hour.

[@yveshermann2508]

This video was sent to me by a former girlfriend as a birthday present. She knew I'm a real Bosch-fan and I have quite some books about the master, but this documentary is a real gem. I enjoyed it till the last second. Thank you.

[@alux]

Thank you James!

[@captainclomet]

45:10 A 10th century English joke: “What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before? "A key.” That demon's baited his hook with sexual desire.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

I wonder what it means that someone who considered himself a staunch 'realist' would be the biggest influence on the Surrealist movement? Watching this, it's painfully obvious that he was the precursor to guys like Dali: it makes sense. But the fact that he, Bosch, thought he was painting realism and he, Bosch, ended up the main influence on people who painted the _opposite_ of that is endlessly fascinating to me.

[@maria199736]

Well surrealism isn't only Dali, it's just an expression of it. Also the very popular paintings of his were made after WW2 in America where surrealist movement had lost it's political and ideological stance ( well at least Dali didn't give a duck about politics anymore) and Dali had become a sort of celebrity. He seems very much inspired by Bosch that's for sure! Bretton, Tanguy, Otto Dix and many more were the more classic surrealists. Also surrealism isn't the opposite of reality. It is the reality of a dream, an automatic, subconscious way of depicting reality.

[@Grace-sx4wd]

As an ex-Evangelical who has been deconstructing for years, I’ve found that the most helpful way to break down the beliefs instilled in me is to analyze its symbols in their own context. Thank you, this video is doing such important things for me and many others.

[@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges]

What reasons do you have for rejecting Christianity?

[@Thebadpiper]

Did the opposite for me.

[@deborahblaney5370]

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[@deborahblaney5370]

@@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges Tells me how Christianity totally perverted mankind's non chiritianity beliefs as well as, most importantly, demonized women. Organized religion as it is today has totally screwed up our world, and it started before this era.

[@edwinve4112]

"Deconstructing" lmao.

[@empsee5534]

the best and most comprehensive break down of the weirdest painting I have ever seen

[@loremipsum685]

I'd love to see a full length episode on Pieter Bruegel the Elder

[@ericagerrard2099]

Easily the best documentary I’ve seen on this work. Matthew Collings was good. This is amazing. The break down and explanation of the work and it’s references is so in-depth but very clear and easily absorbed. This was the first of your videos I watched. I’ve been enjoying your 15 min shorts - highly entertaining and informative but I would really love some more extensive and longer documentaries like this one.

[@loremipsum685]

You could setup a Patreon and you'd get plenty of takers. Your content is so well done. Entertaining, informative, and well balanced. You'll be at 250K subs in a before you know it, and then beyond. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@slipknot73745]

I appreciate the visual citations you've included here. Not only did I learn an incredible amount about the painting, but the references sent me down a rabbit hole of its own. Thank you for this great work.

[@surewood48]

I teach AP European History and I use this video - especially the brilliant script - to show how history can be used to reveal the true spirit of a time, the themes of which are as relevant today as they were then. It's really well done. Bravo!

[@noetrejo1432]

This is the first 50 min video that I’ve watched all the way through in a long time. Great work!

[@michaltakac673]

I probably haven’t seen more interesting video in my lifetime. An incredible piece of art and evenly fabulous decryption of it indeed.

[@MegaFount]

Thank you for this extraordinary journey through this masterpiece. I saw it many years ago at the Prado and was fascinated by it then. I spent a long time exploring its multifaceted layers of meaning. Your lecture brings out so much depth that I feel compelled to visit it again.

[@AdamZoellner]

A play based on this artwork captivated me on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was intense, obscure, and enthralling. Now, I know why. Thank you.

[@nicholasalvarez9843]

Superb analysis of a painting that has puzzled me for decades. So many references to the 16th century European world-view. Great work....thanks!

[@zgafranc]

I saw this painting at the Prado and it was a great experience, but watching your videos and comments was also worth it. Thank you very much. Keep on with your work!

[@DiegoAndrade-ig1qs]

Oh man! That was sheer quality and a proper inquiry into one of the all-time greatest paintings. Excellent job! Keep it man!

[@Slamdunk094]

I love how you went into deep detail with pretty much everything. Plus added historical evidence makes it even better !

[@italyhousetour]

34:48 one of the greatest masters of all time! Fantastic presentation 👌

[@RYN988]

A masterpiece 20 years in the making! I am amazed by the amount of detail used in this! The right panel in particular with the use of lighting is really really mind bogglingly good! like something out of a Hollywood movie! Your commentary, insights, and analysis were super helpful and quite appreciated! I'm falling in love with this channel!

[@jzy94]

i ve never been interested in history of art/artists but oh man im mesmerisez with every episode i watch. 50 mins flew by idk when. thank you!!!!! amazing work!

[@confused7970]

I don't know exactly how i discovered Bosch but it was about a week ago and it was here on youtube, the video wasn't about art rather it was about philosophy or psychology and it used the garden of earthly delights as reference, i thought it looked beautiful yet weird and creepy. From my understanding some believed that maybe Bosch got diseased by ergot and suffered from psychosis and maybe schizophrenia ,as result he came up with such weird paintings. To be honest i was fascinated but not enough to tempt me for more research until two days ago when a south korean girl group named redvelvet released an music video that is heavily inspired by the garden of earthly delights which sparked my curiosity again for the subject and that's how i ended up here. As for your video, it is really great and educating i'm really thankful for the chance that brought me here. I really like how you started the video by a simple introduction of the painting then gave us semi detailed information about Bosch and his life, i would have never guessed that Bosch and Da Vinci were both a live at certain point of history like Bosch is so creative and so "surreal" yet so medieval, i don't know how to explain it but you can tell easily that this painting has pre-renaissance vibes. I love how you gave us detailed info about Bosch's influence and how he could've came up with this kind of art. Now that i've finished this video i'm not that convinced anymore of the schizophrenia theory but who knows. Anyways i really appreciate your efforts in this video and i'm certainly checking out more of you.

[@xXKuroXx100]

1:41 DEATH AND SENSUALITY by Georges Bastille. Immediately hit with the biggest trip upon looking at the entire painting. I was able to recognize the circular blue orb in the middle from the cover of this book I have by Bastille, a study on Eroticism. Always so fascinated with the cover, I would have never realized it’s triptych origins. Jim Morrison was found to be reading this book and had an interest in triptychs that I believed he even commissioned a painting for one. Thanks for this small world of knowledge. ♥️

[@stev3n750]

I watched this video while high off weed, the way I was hooked to the explanation of the whole panting detail by detail was astonishing

[@MooseMcDowell]

You've made my life better by making me less ignorant. Thank you!

[@iliveinthekingdomofpain7692]

From the childhood wonder, when I first gazed agape at a print of this child-like painting, I knew I had to see it, in person. The first time I did so in 1976, at the ‘Museo Nacional del Prado’ in Madrid. I was again agape remembering that I spent the better part of two days comparing what saw as a child, with what was there in front of me. At that time, I was a man of enormous intellectual curiosity, as well, a man of strength and power. Now, weakened after a long-lost bout with cancer, I still smile when I look at this phenomenally produced, directed and narrated presentation of the painting. When, I think about think about Adam and Eve going all in, at the place called ‘Eden; I belly-laugh, remembering Nietzsche telling us all that “God is dead.” Indeed, because all that sentient is god and together in the garden-we make one. Now, I am rolling in the deep with wonder and joy. wonder and joy.

[@bethtrautmann6901]

Sorry about your struggle with cancer. Good Luck

[@goopah]

A lot of information here. I must have backed this up 30 times in order to read things or have something explained again or to gaze at the painting after an explanation. Really nicely done video.

[@GeorgeVlad]

Thank you for all the work you put into these films. Your perspective is illuminating and beautifully layered, accessible and complex at the same time. My only comment on your earlier ones is that the audio was clipping occasionally, so it's great to see you re-recorded this one.

[@SoloPolo123]

One of the best 50 minute videos I've ever watched.