Garden of Earthly Delights ☰ Bosch ☵ Art Print
The Garden of Earthly Delights (1510, De tuin der lusten) by Hieronymus Bosch is a religious triptych warning against the perils of temptation. Triptychs from this period were generally read left to right, here the left panel portrays The Garden of Eden and the right panel the Last Judgment. The central panel and main subject, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is either a moral warning, or symbolic of paradise lost. The intricacy of the symbolism has led to a wide range of interpretations over the centuries.
The left panel (sometimes known as the Joining of Adam and Eve) depicts a scene from paradise, the Garden of Eden, and the moment when God presents Eve to Adam. The background reveals exotic animals for the period, including a giraffe, a monkey riding an elephant, and a lion. Birds and winged animals, some realistic, some fantastic, and other amalgams of real and imaginary creatures fill the scene.
The center panel depicts not the biblical paradise shown on the left, but a fantastical paradise teeming with male and female nudes, together with various animals, plants, and fruits. Humans riding horses, donkeys, unicorns, camels, alongside other exotic and fanciful creatures, all partaking in sensory pleasures.
The right panel depicts Hell (The Last Judgment), a world in which humans have succumbed to temptations that led to evil and reap eternal damnation. In a single, densely detailed scene, there are cities on fire, war, torture chambers, infernal caverns, demons and mutated animals feeding on human flesh. Animals punish humans, subjecting them to nightmarish torments that symbolize the seven deadly sins, matching the torment to the sin.
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Art prints are created from a giclée print on archival heavyweight paper that can be mounted in a frame. Different paper finishes allow you to customize the appearance: smooth paper maintains detail and color; textured paper slightly softens color with a traditional paper finish; and resin coated paper slightly deepens color adding a semi-gloss finish. Framed prints do not come with protective glass / glazing, to showcase the paper and reduce light reflection (it is available upon request).
Giclée printed with aqueous pigment inks to resist fading for over 100 years
Prints are on archival-grade, acid-free, heavyweight papers
Frames are solid wood with kraft paper backing and hanging wire installed
No glass/glazing is included to showcase paper texture and avoid glare/reflectivity (available upon request)
All sizes given are in inches (″)
Sizes offered are to scale with the original work of art
Every effort has been made to scale this artwork without distortion or cropping
Unframed art prints have a ½″ white margin, ex. an 8x12″ print's final dimensions will be 9x13″
Framed art prints are ~2″ larger, ex. an 8x12″ print's final framed dimensions will be ~10x14″ overall
Frames are ¾″ (black) or ⅞″ (natural, espresso, gold) wide viewed from the front, and 1⅛″ deep; frames will overlap the print edges ~¼″