From conversations with my buddy-friend-guy, Christopher, a small gallery comparing the work of two contemporary artists in 1973 with a few pieces by an old European master from c. 1500. Enjoy!
Christ Child Walking with Frame by Hieronymus Bosch. This artwork is in the public domain.
Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X by Francis Bacon.
Work Nr. 217 ELP I (Brain Salad Surgery) by H. R. Giger.
Allegory of Glutton and Lust by Hieronymus Bosch (1500). This artwork is in the public domain.
Triptych May-June, 1973 by Francis Bacon. Tate Modern. http://www.tate.org.uk
Work Nr. 217 ELP II (Brain Salad Surgery) by H. R. Giger (1973).
Christ’s Descent into Hell. Style of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1550–60). Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon. Tate Modern. http://www.tate.org.uk
Friedrich Kuhn by H. R. Giger.
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