In this edition of the Artists in Perspective series, James Snyder constructs a collection of essays discussing the work of Bosch with commentary on the controversial aspects of his creations. The Artists in Perspective series presents individual illustrated volumes of interpretive essays on the most significant painters, sculptors, architects, and genres of world arts. Bosch in Perspective takes readers into the life and work of North-Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. Known as the most enigmatic artist of his time, Bosch was much appreciated and widely imitated in the sixteenth century. Through discussion of his work, this book shares the vast and controversy perspectives surrounding his greatest pieces.