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The Garden of Earthly Delights

Bosch's enigmatic triptych depicts paradise, earthly pleasures, and hell in vivid surreal imagery. The work explores sin, desire, temptation, and damnation through fantastical creatures and symbolic narratives. The central panel shows humanity's surrender to sensual pleasures, while hell panel presents nightmarish consequences. The painting is a moral allegory but also a profound meditation on human nature and the unconscious mind.

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