Paper Proposal Purpose: To focus on aspects of Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly delights such as lust, fruit, hybrid animals, etc. Plan: 1. Introduction/Thesis 2. Talk about God’s creation of the world a. God in exterior creating the world by speaking it into existence b. Adam/Eve w/ Jesus looking at the viewer c. Animals d. Landscapes 3. Transition to discussion about already established violence, evil, lust, etc a. Hybrid monsters b. Owl on left side (embodiment of mystery and evil) c. Lust, gluttony, pride of humans i. (Men circling around the fountain of Paradise looking at the women)

Christopher Dailey
Art History
Lea
October 27, 2022

Paper Proposal

Purpose:
To focus on aspects of Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly delights such as lust, fruit, hybrid animals, etc.
Plan:
1. Introduction/Thesis
2. Talk about God’s creation of the world
a. God in exterior creating the world by speaking it into existence
b. Adam/Eve w/ Jesus looking at the viewer
c. Animals
d. Landscapes
3. Transition to discussion about already established violence, evil, lust, etc
a. Hybrid monsters
b. Owl on left side (embodiment of mystery and evil)
c. Lust, gluttony, pride of humans
i. (Men circling around the fountain of Paradise looking at the women)
ii. Morris dance ritual
iii. Humans indulging in eating fruits which looks like a reenactment of the Original Sin
4. The contrast between the Bible scriptures and how it is displayed on the painting
5. Discussion of the Hell wing panel
a. Boschs use of his chosen Psalm and his display of Judgement
6. Discuss true sight and spiritual vision and how it relates to Garden of Earthly Delights
7. Conclusion

Preliminary Bibliography:
Silver, Larry. “God in the Details: Bosch and Judgment(s).” The Art Bulletin, vol. 83, no. 4, 2001, pp. 626–50. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3177226. Accessed 27 Oct. 2022.
“Jheronimus Bosch – The Garden of Earthly Delights.” NTR, https://archief.ntr.nl/tuinderlusten/en.html.
“Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Full Length): Great Art Explained.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Apr. 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBG621XEegk&t=200s. Accessed 27 Oct. 2022.
Gombrich, E. H. “Bosch’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’: A Progress Report.” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 32, 1969, pp. 162–70. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/750611. Accessed 27 Oct. 2022.
de Bruyn, Eric. Oud Holland, vol. 126, no. 4, 2013, pp. 215–20. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42712369. Accessed 15 Nov. 2022.