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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Two men in the waters from Ship of Fools
We see clearly in the painting the ignorant swimmers and the fool who succeeded in climbing high but soon will fall. (p. 34)
Hieronymus Bosch and the thinking of the late Middle Ages.
Keywords
Category
Reasoning, judgement and intelligence,Literary and mythical characters and objects
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) |
| Pre-iconographical description | Situations | Definitions | First world (Life, matter & form) |
Reference Source(s)
Brant, 1944
Symbolic Text
When mast, sail and rope break // We cannot swim in the sea. // It is hard to climb the waves. // If anyone tries to sit high up in the rigging // They pull him down. [Brant, 1944]

