Nuo Cheng

Seeing through Cavalier Perspective: Hieronymus Bosch’s World and Chinese Spatial Perception

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This thesis aims to contribute to the dialogue between Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings and traditional Chinese painting (especially landscape painting). Following a historical clue with the assistance of philosophical approach, this thesis is navigated by a comparison between the ways of seeing and perceiving space in the Western Renaissance and Chinese tradition, in which Bosch plays a remarkable role as the bridge and conjunction between the two divergent space perception.

Names of Supervisors: 

  • Natasha Lushetich
  • Oisin Keohane