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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Boat with ten people onboard from Ship of Fools
Like the ship, the entire picture is afloat in a liquid element It is hard to say if this unseaworthy vessel drifts in a shallow inlet or on the open sea, though that uncertainty may only be due to the much-obliterated state of the color in the background. (p. 66)
Hieronymus Bosch
Keywords
Category
Intention, will and state of being,Reasoning, judgement and intelligence
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 description | Thoughts | Assumptions | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
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Symbolic Content

