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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Tree mast with owl from Ship of Fools
…but it is equally possible that this image reinforces the negative, nighttime associations of the owl itself with evil… On the multifarious symbolism of the owl, almost always negative [vandenbroeck, 1987, 75; Schwarz & Plagemann, 1937, 262-322; vandenbroeck, 1985, 19-135.] (p.647, note 20)
God in the Details: Bosch and Judgment(s)
Keywords
Category
Morality and immorality
Interpretation Type
| InfoSensorium Facet(Sum, 2022) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| – | |||
| Layer of meaning(van Straten, 1994) | Conception of Information(Furner, 2004) | Level of knowledge(Nanetti, 2018) | View of reality(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018) |
| Iconographical interpretation | Relevance (Iconographical) | Interpretations,Narratives | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
Schwarz & Plagemann, 1937; Vandenbroeck, 1985; Vandenbroeck, 1987
Symbolic Text
Bubo Significans: Die Eule als Sinnbild von Schlechtigkeit und Torheit, vor allem in der niederlandischen und deutschen Bilddarstellung und bei Jheronimus Bosch I [Vandenbroeck, 1985, 19-135]

