To start off, I've always been a big Bosch fan, particularly the "Garden of Earthly Delights" triptych.

The whole shebang in miniature really can't do it justice, though. Here are a few closeups:
center panel:

and various close-up details, I think all from "Earth" and "Hell" (Heaven's always the least interesting...)





...and, well, that's eight already, isn't it? Hardly seems fair, though. Well, one more here for good measure, a Breughel I find extraordinary. (I always tend to confuse Bosch and Breughel, not to say the two Breughels, Elder and Younger, with each other). The Tower of Babel:

...and, hm. So I'll go ahead and put some of the others in a separate post, then, shall I? Yes, I shall.
5 comments:
swoon.
Bosch is my secret boyfriend.
Mmmm, Bosch.
I knew I liked you for a reason.
|((((HUGS FOR BOSCH))))|
8^D
Christ Carrying the Cross is my fav. Bosch. The people all look so tense and grungy, and Christ looks very resigned. He's like, Norman Rockwell without the whimsy.
hey, rootietoot, i just tagged you for this one.
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