Video Documentaries

The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch After 500 years Bosch’s paintings still shock and fascinate us but what inspired the man behind these haunting works? Where did his unconventional and timeless creations come from? How did he bridge the medieval and Renaissance world? Why do his strange and fantastical paintings resonate with people now more than ever? Discover the answers to these questions and more with this remarkable documentary directed by David Bickerstaff.  The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch features the landmark exhibition in his home town which brought the majority of Bosch’s paintings and drawings together for the first and last time and attracted almost half a million art lovers from all over the world. The film reveals new discoveries through cutting-edge technology. With his fascinating life revealed, close-up details of the curiosities hidden within his brimming canvases from cannibalistic clergymen to three-headed birds, plus the stories within his works seen lik...

An artist with an exuberant imagination, a painter of the most extraordinay gardens and terrifying hells, a respected public figures of 's-Hertogenbosch, and a man of faith - Hieronymus Bosch is certainly the most fascinating and mysterious artist of the Renaissance.  This film sheds light on this forerunner of Surrealism and on his approach. The paintings are brought to life, to help us decipher the symbols and place them in the context of the time, based on the most recent historical research. Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch - born Jheronimus van Aken; c. 1450 – 9 August 1516 was a Dutch/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter from Brabant. He is widely considered one of the most notable representatives of Early Netherlandish painting school. His work is known for its fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. Within his lifetime his work was collected in the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain, and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions ...