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Hieronymus Bosch painting turned into virtual reality film | Hieronymus Bosch painting turned into virtual reality film |
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A Bristol design team has breathed new life into a 500-year-old painting by turning it into a 3D film. | |
The virtual reality experience allows the viewer to get up close and personal with The Garden of Earthly Delights by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. | The virtual reality experience allows the viewer to get up close and personal with The Garden of Earthly Delights by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. |
John Durrant's team created the film for the 500th anniversary celebrations of the painter's life. | |
From the back of a fish, the viewer moves through the Garden of Eden into temptation before ending in Hell. | From the back of a fish, the viewer moves through the Garden of Eden into temptation before ending in Hell. |
BDH Design and Direction used computer technology to cut out the trees, flowers, fantastical animals and images of torture from the three paintings which make up the original work. | |
These were then animated and given a 3D feel so the viewer is taken inside the painting. | These were then animated and given a 3D feel so the viewer is taken inside the painting. |
Bosch's original oil on wood work is housed in Madrid's Prado Museum and is too fragile to be moved to his home town for the year of celebrations. | Bosch's original oil on wood work is housed in Madrid's Prado Museum and is too fragile to be moved to his home town for the year of celebrations. |
Lian Duif, director of the Bosch500 festival, said the film "gives fans an authentic experience". | Lian Duif, director of the Bosch500 festival, said the film "gives fans an authentic experience". |
The Bosch VR film, which took six months to create, is designed to be seen using a Google Cardboard viewer with a smartphone and headphones, but can also be watched on a tablet. | The Bosch VR film, which took six months to create, is designed to be seen using a Google Cardboard viewer with a smartphone and headphones, but can also be watched on a tablet. |
Mr Durrant is co-owner and director BDH, which made an animated app to accompany a BBC Two programme War of Words. | |
This app was the first VR app for the BBC. It uses Google Cardboard Viewers and it was nominated for a BAFTA on 2015. | |
Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights | Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights |
16th Century Dutch painter Bosch is known for fantastic imagery and complex details | 16th Century Dutch painter Bosch is known for fantastic imagery and complex details |
The Garden of Earthly Delights is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Renaissance paintings | The Garden of Earthly Delights is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Renaissance paintings |
The original work measures 13ft (11.8m) by 7ft (6.4m) | The original work measures 13ft (11.8m) by 7ft (6.4m) |
The painting is a triptych, consisting of a square middle panel flanked by two rectangular wings that close over the centre as shutters. | The painting is a triptych, consisting of a square middle panel flanked by two rectangular wings that close over the centre as shutters. |
It depicts Bosch's view of the world with Paradise on the left, a garden of earthly pleasures in the centre and a vision of hell on the right | It depicts Bosch's view of the world with Paradise on the left, a garden of earthly pleasures in the centre and a vision of hell on the right |
When the hinged panels are closed they show God creating the world as a black and white flat Earth enclosed within a bubble | When the hinged panels are closed they show God creating the world as a black and white flat Earth enclosed within a bubble |
The idea is that when the painting is opened the opulence and richness of the colours within will be a shock | The idea is that when the painting is opened the opulence and richness of the colours within will be a shock |