In such a digital-heavy world, where people are often scrolling, clicking, moving, Carrabino wanted to create a space to match the galleryвЂ™s investigative nature. Magnifying glasses hanging from the walls encourage exhibit visitors to get up close to the prints. вЂњHeвЂ™s a tricky artist, because a lot of the paintings that bear his signature arenвЂ™t actually by him,вЂќ said Carrabino, вЂњThatвЂ™s something youвЂ™ll see through this exhibition, that theyвЂ™re signed Hieronymous Bosch, even 60 years after his death.вЂќ Escher, and Belgian artist Antoine RoegiersвЂ™ 2011 animated video, вЂњThe Seven Deadly Sins.вЂќ There are also pieces that appear to be Bosch creations, but arenвЂ™t - except perhaps in spirit. Included in the show is work by Alart du Hameel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jacques Callot, and Joannes van Doetecum, a 1935 lithograph by M. вЂњBosch comes to the fore at the same time as the printmaking medium is being discovered, perfected, disseminated, learned - so itвЂ™s really the timing that allows for these prints to proliferate,вЂќ said Carrabino. A Boschian phenomenon began in the 16th century and continued strongly into the 17th century, mostly in printmaking. вЂњThereвЂ™s not a single original work by Bosch, but that concept of originality is something that I think the exhibition really tackles,вЂќ Carrabino said. Visitors might expect to see BoschвЂ™s work lining the walls of the gallery, but instead, more than 30 prints by other artists point to his influence on printmaking from the 16th century to the present.

вЂњTeaching with objects is a huge part of who we are as an institution, itвЂ™s one of the things we can do as a university art museum, and thatвЂ™s really nice,вЂќ said the exhibitвЂ™s curator, Danielle Carrabino, associate research curator in European art. While the literature dealing with Bosch is vast, his art has inspired an ongoing conflict of interpretations, which the exhibit nods to through its location, the University Research Gallery - a space earmarked for curatorial experimentation that encourages a range of faculty engagement, from generating exhibition concepts to evaluating visitor experience. Harvard Art Museums is paying tribute to the Dutch artist with the exhibit, вЂњ Beyond Bosch: The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print.вЂќ This year marks five centuries since the death of Hieronymus Bosch.

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