... the Gothic world, as the end of the fifteenth century was approaching (ref: ). It is believed that Bosh held the view of society as fraudulent and abhorrent, where vice reigned over virtue, the pathway that lead mankind to eternal damnation, with no hope of salvation or redemption. Bosch focused on depicting vices instead of virtues. He depicts, didactic subject matter, such as vices, as a part of everyday life, through using allegory ... and lust, especially strawberries. One man sinks his teeth into the flesh of the strawberry. A couple is enclosed inside of a huge mussel shell, belie...

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