Pictures that leave you Speechless

[raisindot]

Aah, makes me feel all nostalgic for the days when I could do that.

Did Mr. Dotsie know you then? Lucky man! (Sorry, sorry, sorry, couldn't resist! Slap slap slap slap slap!)

[Dotsie]

We got married a week after we met

Not really!

[spideyGirl]

@ Dotsie

No idea tbh Con but was impressive wasn't it

[ghostsecurity28]

One of my fave artists work and he gets weirder
Hieronymus Bosch

[ChristianBecker]

One of my fave artists work and he gets weirder
Hieronymus Bosch

Mine too.
I wonder what kind of substances he (ab)used.

[Tonyblack]

And mine!

[Who's Wee Dug]

One of my fave artists work and he gets weirder
Hieronymus Bosch

Mine too.
I wonder what kind of substances he (ab)used.

Aceed!of the day, some of his drawings were startling in their concept, I had a large artwork book of his at one time.

[Big Aggie]

Bosch's work reminds me of both of the Bruegels style of painting. They were probably eating their paint of sniffing something, IMO.

[Dotsie]

He scares me!

[Bouncy Castle]

Says the woman with the handbag!!

[Jan Van Quirm]

He was high on religion - the Andy Warhol of his age. Philip 'build me an Armada' of Spain was a huge fan of his and avidly collected his work. Seriously, Bosch may have got an occasional buzz from the varnish but he wasn't insane as some pundits once thought, it's just that in an age where the Inquisition flourished and Protestantism was fighting to emerge hellfire and brimstone were in vogue and illustrations thereof extremely popular. Also people tend to think he did all these huge canvases but in fact his most famous work is relatively small - the Garden of Earthly Delights the central panel of the triptych that the above pictures comes from (the right board depicting Hell) is just above the 2 metre height and the amount of detail on it would have been lost on most people if it had gone onto the altar of the local church which is where most artwork was generally destined back then - Phil was in fact one of the earliest Getty-style art collectors...

[Catch-up]

Ick.

[raisindot]

Ya think Bosch was afraid of chickens?

[Tonyblack]

I saw this recently and thought that it probably wouldn't get past the PC brigade of today.

[raptornx01]

"I'm a goooooooood, parent"