The Unknown Hieronymus Bosch
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
The Unknown Hieronymus Bosch Details
Review “A convenient chronology of forty-three paintings from Bosch’s oeuvre.… Falk analyzes the iconography in such detail, calling our attention to objects and creatures easily overlooked in smaller reproductions.… [The Unknown Hieronymus Bosch] transforms the quality of our attention, if not the content of our opinions."—Jerry Cullum, editor at large of Art Papers Read more About the Author Kurt Falk cofounded the Tobias School of Art in Forest Row, England, with his wife Anne Stockton. He was a teacher of art history. Prior to that, he had been a biodynamic farmer in Germany and, later, in Egypt. While in Cairo, he discovered the mysterious Bosch painting that forms the center of The Unknown Hieronymous Bosch. He researched extensively the paintings of Bosch until his death in 1986. Read more
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This high quality publication is a fascinating look into the esoteric art and symbolism of Hieronymus Bosch. Included are the full range of Bosch's art as well as some pieces of unclear/unauthenticated authorship. The focus here is of an inner intuitive vision of Bosch (as the initiate/visionary documenting his life's experience) via Kurt Falk's deep and profound contemplative study of his work. There is also a very interesting and illuminating introduction by Robert Sardello (from The School of Spiritual Psychology), which helps guide us in how to view this work (and all spiritual art), as a way to directly meditate upon and experience spiritual realms in a non-analytical way.This is the kind of book to come back to repeatedly, progressing chronologically or opening at random, to sink into the timeless spirit/dream realm that Bosch clearly was intimate with. One doesn't need any particular spiritual tradition/affiliation/training to appreciate and benefit from this. And I'm not sure how to describe this benefit... subtle and intuitive; the awakening of our own wonder and knowing.Many pages of high quality photos (you may want a magnifying glass!), with wonderful images (both realistic and fantastic figures) are included here. But even more interesting are the pages of Kurt's explanation and interpretation that accompany them.Highly recommended for artists, art historians, and students of the esoteric.
