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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Knightly jousting objects, draped cloth with winged figure from Death and the Miser
The Narrenschiff beggar before the low wall has been transformed by Bosch into a veiled disparagement of knights and chivalry, suggested by the helmet, lance, gauntlet, sword, and shield. The objects seem to be related visually and conceptually to the nearby draped cloth and the little evil monkish figure behind it. There is a vague allusion to jousting and tournaments, a very popular form of entertainment in the late medieval period. Naturally tournaments were castigated in the literature, as in the sermons of Jacques de Vitay and in other writings [Bloomfield, 1952, 129, 172]. (p.275)
Bosch and the Narrenschiff: a problem in relationships
Keywords
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) |
| Iconological interpretation | Relevance (Iconological) | Interpretations,Narratives | Third world (Culture) |
Reference Source(s)
Bloomfield, 1952
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