I’ve never really thought about owl symbolism in Hieronymus Bosch paintings before, but that’s proba
I’ve never really thought about owl symbolism in Hieronymus Bosch paintings before, but that’s probably because I’m not an art historian and because SO MANY OTHER CRAZY THINGS are happening that it’s hard to focus on the owls. Luckily for me someone else collected all the owls and wrote an essay about what they mean, which is that while most owls symbolize dark omens, Bosch liked to paint pygmy owls, which represent wisdom more than foreboding. This website is clearly lacking for some authoritative sources but I’m gonna go ahead and read it all anyway because I’m jealous that someone came up with ESOTERICBOSCH.com before me.Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights (pygmy owl detail) - via EsotericBosch -- source link
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