Artwork Title: Garden Of Early Delights (detail)

Garden Of Early Delights (detail)

Hieronymus Bosch

Artwork Title: Garden Of Early Delights (detail)Artwork Title: Garden Of Early Delights (detail)
The central water-bound globe in the middle panel's upper background is a hybrid of stone and organic matter. It is adorned by nude figures cavorting both with each other and with various creatures, some of whom are realistic, others are fantastic or hybrid. In the middle of the background, a large blue globe resembling a fruit pod rises in the middle of a lake. Visible through its circular window is a man holding his right hand close to his partner's genitals, and the bare buttocks of yet another figure hover in the vicinity. According to Fraenger, the eroticism of the center frame could be considered either as an allegory of spiritual transition or a playground of corruption. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights#Left_panel]

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