Hieronymus Bosch’s, “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, has been housed in the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain, since 1939. Hieronymus Bosch was born in Netherland, he created this painting between 1490 and 1510. “The Garden of Earthly Delights” is a triptych and it is painted in oil on wooden panels. The painting consists of a square middle panel with two rectangular wings on each side that can close and open. When the wings are closed there is a design that becomes visible, it displays a painting of the earth during the “Creation”. The painting conveys three different scenes, it is said to be intended to be read from left to right. Bosch painted “The Garden of Earthly Delights” on a central panel that is 7’1 ⅝” x 6’4 ¾ and wings that are 7’1 ⅝” x 38 ¼”. This painting conveys the past, present, and future of the world in chronological order. Each of the three panels tells a story about society and faith. The painting portraits the history of the world and the sins of mankind.
The left panel depicts God presenting Adam to Eve, the middle panel shows a scenery of an overpopulation of humans, humans eating all of…show more content… The symbolism in this painting is very clear, there are a lot of symbols in this painting that can be proven to have come from the Bible and religious beliefs. This is a Northern Renaissance artwork because of the great detail in Bosch’s work, and because he paints landscapes. Religious characters and biblical stories can clearly be seen in this painting. The exterior of the painting shows the “Creation” of the world, when the wings are open, God, Adam and Eve are seen, as well as evil and hell. The fantastical nature of the images that are shown and the depiction of sin and hell, portrait the general atmosphere or mood as dark and
