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LECTURE 2: "Martyrdom and Melancholy"

Hieronymus Bosch: Heretic, Lunatic,or Philosopher? • 1h 12m

For the most part, Bosch preferred to paint holy figures living in isolation and deprivation rather than miraculously triumphing over evil. Their miserable martyrdoms parallel the sufferings of Christ, set in a monstrous world pervaded by sin and folly.

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