Stefan fischer hieronymus bosch6/22/2023 Of major importance were the Modern Devotion (with its admiration for early Christian ascetics such as St Anthony and St Hieronymus), the Dominicans, the Brethren of the Common Life, and the Latin school. Clergy was strongly present in ’s-Hertogenbosch. ’s-Hertogenbosch had closer ties with the East than with the South. At the end of the fifteenth century, though, this city went through an economic and cultural growing process. The highest nobility in the Netherlands (Maximilian I, Philip the Fair) was responsible for some major commissions, and yet Bosch’s art was produced far away from the centres of nobility, namely in ’s-Hertogenbosch. This chapter focuses on Bosch’s cultural-historical context. This very sound Bosch monograph addresses the general reader and comprises thirteen chapters. Im Irrgarten der Bilder – Die Welt des Hieronymus Bosch (Stefan Fischer) 2016
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