The Garden Of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505-1510. High Northern Renaissance

1) Bosch was an innovator of completely new subject matter, so much so that his work still baffles modern art historians 

2) Left panel is the scene of God presenting Eve to Adam, right is hell, the center is the most enigmatic but is generally accepted as the overindulgence of earthly physical delights

2) Theorized in include a self portrait of Bosch in the form of a tree, for "Bosch" means Woodland