Hieronymus Bosch

By Deane Barker • • tags: person, art •

This was a Dutch painter from the 1400s and 1500s. He was famous for several triptych works which depicted scenes of heaven and hell.

Why I Looked It Up

From Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live:

O’Donoghue saw the world as a Hieronymus Bosch canvas of horrors unimagined, indeed, actively ignored by those he called The Others, meaning the whole of American society.

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Links from this – Triptych August 11, 2022
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Links from this – Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live February 1, 2025
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