The first section treats Bosch's "system of norms and values" and includes a discussion of Bosch himself, both as an individual and as an artistic persona. The second section examines the relationship between Bosch and vernacular, highly literate culture - folklore, popular myth, and so forth. Gone are the iconographical charts and socio-political family trees from the earlier edition. In their place, Vandenbroeck has added a "thematic overview" - in effect an abbreviated catalog - of Bosch's work: Old Testament subjects, New Testament subjects, saints, "moral-eschatological" images , and secular works
The first section treats Bosch's "system of norms and values" and includes a discussion of Bosch himself, both as an individual and as an artistic persona. The second section examines the relationship between Bosch and vernacular, highly literate culture - folklore, popular myth, and so forth. Gone are the iconographical charts and socio-political family trees from the earlier edition. In their place, Vandenbroeck has added a "thematic overview" - in effect an abbreviated catalog - of Bosch's work: Old Testament subjects, New Testament subjects, saints, "moral-eschatological" images , and secular works