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    What famous satirical book by an Alsatian author was the probable source for one of Hieronymus Bosch's major works now at the Louvre in Paris?

    Question #87084. Asked by Flem-ish. (Oct 10 07 2:35 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		An allegorical painting by Hieronymus Bosch (that is a fragment of a triptych) was inspired by the 1494 German classic: The Ship of Fools (painting), 1490-1500. Exhibited in Louvre, Paris.

    Ship of Fools is a satire published 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by Sebastian Brant, a conservative German theologian.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Fools_%28satire%29

    Oct 10 07, 10:42 AM
    Flem-ish

    		A book that also inspired Katherine Anne Porter...

    Oct 10 07, 1:38 PM
    lanfranco

    		Yes, indeed, and Porter's satirical novel is considerably more fun than Brant's book, the Bosch connection notwithstanding:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Fools_(Porter_novel)

    Oct 10 07, 5:00 PM

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