The Disturbing Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

There is no other artist quite like Hieronymus Bosch. During the European Renaissance, this Dutch painter was conjuring up nightmarish hellscapes, full of grotesque and nonsensical creatures. Particularly in his most famous piece, The Garden of Earthly Delights.

But why did this artist create such disturbing paintings? Are they the product of a lively imagination, imbued with symbolic religious meaning? Or are they the products of a troubled mind, afflicted by intense and frightening hallucinations? Let’s investigate the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and get a glimpse at the artist behind his strange and unsettling work.

I really enjoyed making this video and learnt lots during the making of it. I hope you all enjoyed it too.

H.

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Music:

Intro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian by Peter Pringle

Tempting Secrets by Kevin MacLeod

The Ulgonsah Witches: Will it End - CO.AG

Past The Edge by Kevin MacLeod

Hieronymous Bosch Butt Music
Transcribed by Amelia, arrangement (including remix) by hochelaga

Backmasking - CO.AG

Elf Meditation Preview by Kevin MacLeod

Peaceful Ambient Music – CO.AG

Outro - Peaceful Ambient Music by CO.AG

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Further Reading:

Bosch, Laurinda Dixon (Phaidon Press, 2003)

Hieronymus Bosch - Wiki

Monsters Are Real: Hieronymus Bosch and the Medieval Mind:

The Ultimate Vision of Hell - BBC Culture:

The Most Hilariously Disturbing Part Of That Hieronymus Bosch Painting:

So Who The Hell Was Hieronymus Bosch - Apollo:

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

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[pescavelho]

Weirdest thing about Bosch's paintings to me when I first came across them was how anachronistic they looked, they seemed like something out of 20th Century Surrealism, not from when Europe was just getting out of the Middle Ages.

[thelastperfectman]

This guy was so far ahead of his time it’s astonishing. He was surrealism hundreds of years ahead.

[atarakay]

The fact that he put music into his art is incredible.

[bizznickjoe]

I do wonder why Hieronymus Bosch doesn't get as much recognition as the other painters. Absolutely revolutionary

[jxcobsolis]

The fact that that small music piece is actually something that can be played and not just random notes is unbelievable the amount of detail

[yingle]

I'd Imagine seeing his paintings in the flesh back then would have been a mind-blowing experience for most people -who would never have seen such vivid, imaginative, scary depictions before!

[bettiraige]

I've always thought of his work as satire and sarcasm. I loved it since the first time I laid eyes on The Garden. I spent hours as a child trying to decipher each thing and what he was trying to say. I will forever be enchanted and horrified.

[Tennisisreallyfun]

To me, he’s one of the most talented artists to ever live. I mean, I could easily see Dali, Picasso, or Vladimir Kush sliding his paintings into their own works, and yet Bosch lived in the Early Renaissance!!! The literal definition of “ahead of his time”, what a talent🤩

[pyoheliobros]

I always thought it would be funny to make a "where is Waldo" thing out of Bosch's paintings. Quite disturbing, but also fun and you really want to find him as soon as possible

[glendanison]

Bosch has always fascinated me. His paintings at the macro level look modern, they remind me of album covers. Looking closely at details and it looks 15th century

[micheleyamamoto]

I was lucky to be able to see many of these paintings in person last November in Milan. The exhibition Bosch and Another Renaissance runs through March 12, 2023 at the Palazzo Reale. They gathered works from all over Europe. There are even pictures behind some his triptychs you can walk around and see. Beautiful animated video of his works at the end. Really amazing to see in person these pictures that have captured my imagination since I was a kid. I don’t know if the exhibition is traveling to another country next, but I’d look into it if you are a fan.

[rrjm]

I discovered Bosch today from an earlier video that I just so happened upon. It was purely an accident and I have not divulged myself with art in such a long time. It's been nearly half a lifetime since and by running into his work today is illuminating. It made me realize how much I miss interpreting artwork. Since impressionism was what struck my interest when I was younger (I'm 33 now) I would pick away at every brushstroke as it would, for lack of better words (flood) my mind. I have always loved art all types painting to sculptures basically anything. The world is art all around, I live architecture but it has just been to long where I was taken aback by a painting where I was overwhelmed by that (flooding) feeling! I am truly sorry, I am writing such a lond comment but I am so excited! It's two in the morning and I don't want to go to sleep. I guess the art will be there tomorrow, or I guess in this case later today but until then I need to get some sleep and maybe have a lucid dream that I am in a art museum.. who knows its possible. Sorry again I just had to tell somebody about my excitement! Good night world... -D.G-

[GoldenGod]

Crazy part is, 600-700 years later, his work looks fresh like it could have been done by a modern artist. The artist/painters of the past were on another level

[TomorrowWeLive]

The thing about his paintings is they're so insanely detailed you can get lost in them--every part of it you look at there's always more detail in the background, hints of yet more vistas, infinitely receding. They're the sort you could get sucked into--it feels like there's an actual world behind the canvas. It actually gave me an idea for a story.

[JHEVR]

I come to this video again and again, I've never heard of Bosch before you upload this video in 2021. I'm so grateful of having found your channel, because of all the interesting things you upload. You woke up an interest in me of learning more about our past.

[throughthewindowpane]

I was in the Prado museum two days ago and despite all the great other painters like Velasquez, Goya, El Greco and Rubens, the hall with the works of Bosch was my highlight of the museum. Especially the Garden of Earthly Delight. There is so much to explore there!

[kayakat]

It's weird how modern a lot of his paintings look. Ancient surrealism is so cool and very humanizing. It's a way to see that these people had imaginations too.

[samk]

I live in bosch his birthplace, ‘s-Hertogenbosch. A few years ago we celebrated Bosch for an entire year by putting on great displays of his work, but we also put statues of his creatures through the entire town. If you love his work you should come visit our city!

[gerardoconnor]

Thank you - wonderful video piece.

The quality of his work - content, colour and composition, is amazing. His satire, modernity and cosmological view is stunning.
Perhaps his works do not so much require complete understanding but instead merit our admiration at the wonderful things that they are.

[Neoadministratoria]

Ive learned so much from this video alone. Thank you so much for your dedication!