Hieronymus Bosch, the Trendiest Apocalyptic Medieval Painter of 2014 — theatlantic.com

The paintings of fanatical late medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch were popular for their little nightmare details: a man playing a flute made out of his own nose, or a bird-monster devouring sinners and pooping them into the gaping maw of a pit. King Philip II of Spain—patron of the Inquisition—kept one of Bosch’s grim paintings in his bedroom and would meditate on it for hours at a time. Bosch’s best-known painting remains The Garden of Earthly Delights. The center of the triptych shows a horde of naked humans in shocking tantric contortions. The right panel shows Hell, the natural destination of the denizens of the center panel.

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