![]() ![]() Lightly embossed gold letters offset the foreboding image, a detail taken from the Paradise and Hell altarpiece. It is a sublime promise of redemption and the eternal reward which offers little reassurance and much anxiety. The tome has a wonderfully dark and gothic appearance, wrapped in a black cover topped with a vision of the bright tunnel of light that supposedly awaits us when we die, and it’s sparsely populated by a few naked mortals accompanied by angelic escorts who push the humans toward the intensely bright entrance to their heavenly paradise. It is a glorious and lovely volume, beautifully bound, large and richly printed in fine color - following the standard of excellence we are accustomed to with this extraordinary publisher. ![]() Taschen has released a new edition of their magnificent collection of the complete works of Hieronymus Bosch as a slightly smaller version of the best-selling extra-large printing. ![]() Stephan Fischer, Bosch, The Complete Works, Taschen ![]() The Taschen Bosch is a magnificent addition to the bibliography, an epic monument to the grandeur and drama of this remarkable artist. ![]()
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