[Personological examination of some original pictures of the works of Hieronymus Bosch].
In his work, Hieronymus Bosch advocates the mediaeval conception of the inherence of vices and the biological origin of the evil and believes that these are embodies by Nature herself in physiologically abnormal forms. In his painting "The Carrying of the Cross", the hangmen are represented with a pronounced prognathism, with hooked noses and exophthalmus. The authors hold the opinion that these are faces of diseased people with cranio-facial dysostosis (Crouzon's disease), which they substantiate by the representation of their own observation of such a patient. The problems of the relations between the real and the imaginary in the art of painting is discussed from the aspect of art-scientific-methodological and clinical-psychological aspects.
D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D003394:Craniofacial Dysostosis / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*
Personologische Untersuchungen über einige Urbilder im Schaffen von Hieronymus Bosch.