Hieronymus
2015
First Published
3.37
Average Rating
160
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"In general it is not my intention to reconstruct Bosch's life - it would be pretentious for anyone to claim to know him. A lot of data has been lost in five centuries and artists from so long ago usually have not left behind that much. Therefore, it is not the idea to give a complete overview of his body of works. It is not an essay. Some lost works are hinted at in a playful way. More important is to show that what we know as authentic Bosch paintings, consists of teamwork. And that everything was commissioned work, reflecting the culture of the time rather than personal views of the artist. Therefore, there is also quite some comedy going on here. Especially because life was hard, people treated things with a strong sense of irony. " - Marcel Ruijters
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Author
Marcel Ruijters
Author · 2 books
Reconocido como el novelista gráfico más original de los países bajos. Estudió en la Academia del Arte de Maastricht y empezó a autopublicarse en 1988. Ha autopublicado más de 30 novelas gráficas. En sus primeros libros «Thank God is Ugly» («Gracias a Dios es feo») «Troglodytes» («Trogloditas») su fascinación por las criaturas malformadas y el misterio ya era evidente. Ese interés por lo grotesco se manifiesta en varios de sus trabajos; fijación que comparte con Hyeronymus Bosch, el pintor medieval que protagoniza su novela gráfica «El Bosco».
