Boss "ship Of Fools" Research

Hieronymus Bosch (1450c. -1516c.) was one of the most important aritists in the Netherlands during the Renaissance. The ship of fools is the most important work of him. As the topic of this painting, I attempted to set three different elements of The ship of fools in idiographic history context and iconology to explore, and interpret " fool" religionary sources, which have symbiosis relations with the fools that were as vehicle of ideal and symbol of literature and religion in the 15^th Netherlands.The first part is mainly about the research fruits on Bosch. I divided the research history into three periods and focused on the important scholars who developed the study on Bocsh in the scope. Early scholars had collected and coordinated about resources on Bosch. Mid-period scholars expatiated the art style, art ideal and art circumstance of Bosch., such as the works by Erwin Panofsky, Charles de Tolnay and Ludwig von Baldass etc. They all interpreted Bosch's art in their own way in the 20^th century. The study on Bocsh in recent years has tended to integrate manifold ways, and scholars have been introduced into the new technology to study Bosch with traditional authentication.The second part deal with the image of the "fool", "ship of fools" and May Day, focusing on how their image created and changed, making use of factors such as Bible iconology, calendar and hagiology to discuss and using Text-bound image of the Bible to match "fool" iconology.Finally, by analyzing The ship of fools have symbiosis relations with the fools which were as vehicle of ideal and symbol of literature and religion in the 15^th Netherlands, this thesis tries to obtain the understanding of creating fools and The ship of fools, giving cause for the unusual religion and idea.