Unlike Boschs better-known; fantastical; proto-surrealist paintings; Christ Mocked is small; still and sombre; and yet; with a little effort of knowledge and interpretation; it reveals a depth of understanding of both the Passion; and of human nature; that speaks as much to the twenty-first century as it did to the sixteenth. By exploring the political; scientific; psychological and devotional world of early modern Europe; and applying those insights to our own time; the author shows how Bosch used his sophisticated artistic skills to convey a similarly sophisticated understanding of humanity. In Christ Mocked -- a painting 500 years old but passionately modern -- Christs Passion is so portrayed as to make us reassess the cosmic significance of Christs death; and its profound implications for what we think it means to be human.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Modernity will come to an endBy GasdemupMan this book packs a punchhe does a better job than most in terms of analyzing the 3 key points of modernity being a new form of homogenous magic that attempts to erase heterogeneityhe shows how the body aka corpus ( also read Berman law and revolution part 1 and 2)has been used as the main vehicular manslaughter by the west to subject all of us to their forms of magiche shows through the geneology of landscapping and cartography the west has changed and attempted to put the world on a cartesian gridto many to mention man this guy is way better than foucault who could not let go of the 17th and 18th century......im adding him to my list of greats ( baudrillard. Fela kuti. etc)keep up the good stuf mr martin its well appreciatedEgbesu
