This was definitely my most favorite piece that we've studied this chapter, maybe even my favorite of all the art we've looked at this semester. This painting is just so imaginative in comparison to some of the other paintings like portraits and other paintings were it's just perfectly rendered people, I really admire Bosch's originality. Another thing I particularly enjoy is how he chose to paint something that really doesn't focus all that much on a particular bible story like some artists but it is kind of religious. Especially the first panel which shows Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, this panel is interesting because there really isn't too much going on and it contrasts heavily with the other panels. It is very peaceful and is also the only panel that features God which i thought was intriguing. The other two panels are more philosophical panels, and these panels interested me more. Theres just so much bizzare things going and it all means something. I'll list some that i spoted and found very weird: an owl is the head of two human bodies, the people embracing under the buble hood (interesting contrast to the people completely enclosed in the bubble), a man or woman having flowers put in there uhmmm bum, and the naked man upside down in the lake with a strawberry ontop of his crotch. I have no idea what any of this means but i know the general idea is that earthly pleasures as seen in the center panel sow the seeds of the destruction seen in the right panel. This panel is equally as bizzare there's a lute/harp instrument crushing a man, people climbing a ladder into a deformed giants insides, a pig dressed as a nun as well as what appears to be a man defecating underneath the blue creature on a throne ( the blue creature also appears to be pooping out a man...). The last panel has such strong juxtaposition. Going from such a whimsical center with bright inviting colors to the dark right is so sudden but interesting. I would really be interested in have a really large copy of this so i can notice even more or just read a square inch by square inch interpretation of this painting
