Week 13: Tyler Garnett

Bosch's work is a very imaginative and illustrative piece of art. It depicts numerous aspects of the human experience while representing religious iconography that moves the viewer in one way or another. The introduction of Adam and Eve to the far left explains the creation of the world, and as the viewer moves from left to right the scene becomes increasingly morbid. In the middle it shows a land full of oversized fruits, and the people of the land lustfully enjoying these items. To the far right hell is depicted with gruesome images of people being tortured for the sins that they had committed over the course of their lives. In this way, I believe this work to suggest the natural progression of life--that is to say that as children we start off as innocent beings, much like the naive Adam and Eve, then as we grow we begin to enjoy life, and perhaps enjoy it too much and over endulge. In the end, an over-endulgence in lifes pleasures leads one to a state that is less than desireable.