Garden Of Earthly Delights Closed

The creation of the world painted on the closed doors of the triptych the garden of earthly delights.

Garden of earthly delights closed.

It has been housed in the museo del prado in madrid since the year 1939. Depicting a fantastically surreal world that ranges from orgiastic pleasure to terrifying horror hieronymus bosch s the garden of earthly delights has fascinated the public for centuries. The two doors bear inscriptions reading he himself said it and all was done and he himself ordered it and all was created. For falkenburg the overall theme of the garden of earthly delights is the fate of humanity as in the haywain although bosch visualizes this concept very differently and in a much more explicit manner in the centre panel of that triptych than in the garden of earthly delights.

Hieronymus bosch the garden of earthly delights c. When opened the left wing depicts god s presentation of eve to adam in a utopic garden of eden amidst a menagerie of animals. Xr garden of earthly delights july 22 sad to no longer be able to welcome people into our little green pocket whilst the garden of earthly delights was in its full blossoming glory during lockdown we devised a plan to bring some green and some sense of community straight into people s homes. Image via wikimedia commons.

Print collector print collector getty images god presenting eve to adam on the left panel. A moment of solemnity before the leaping madness inside is revealed. The garden of earthly delights is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the early netherlandish master hieronymus bosch between 1490 and 1510 when bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. When closed the triptych offers a grisaille view of the third day of creation with god the father as creator.

1480 1505 oil on panel 220 x 390 cm prado madrid deciphering the indecipherable to write about hieronymus bosch s triptych known to the modern age as the garden of earthly delights is to attempt to describe the indescribable and to decipher the indecipherable an exercise in madness. The garden of earthly delights is a community garden and a meanwhile space to raise awareness of empty spaces in the city grow food for the local. When closed the painting depicts the third day of creation a biblical milestone when earthly paradise was forged by god. The garden of earthly delights is bosch s most complex and enigmatic creation.

As so little is known of bosch s life or intentions interpretations of his intent have ranged. The exterior doors of garden of earthly delights subtly set the stage for the rollicking interior panels. Now housed in madrid s prado museum it s hard to believe this bizarre painting filled with willy wonka machines and hybrid creatures caught in strange acts was painted over 500 years ago.