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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Boat with ten people onboard from Ship of Fools
What is funny at one point in time may not be regarded as remotely amusing at another. When Jheronimus Bosch painted a monk having fun with a nun in The Ship of Fools, most viewers would have seen the joke. Idling, merrymaking friars and lovesick pastors were among the stock characters in fiftheenth-century anecdotes, poems and farces. (p. 49)
De ontdekking an het dagelijks leven: Van Bosch tot Bruegell
Keywords
Beguines; Entertainment; Folly; Friar; Idleness; Jollification; Lascivious behavior; Monk; Nun; Sensual pleasures;
Category
Christianity and the Church,Social life, culture and activities,Reasoning, judgement and intelligence,Intention, will and state of being,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 description | Thoughts | Assumptions | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
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Symbolic Content

