Image: Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins (c.1485), Prado, Madrid. The Seven Deadly Sins is a painted rectangle with a central image of the eye of God, with Christ watching the world. The Seven Deadly Sins -- pride, envy, anger, avarice, gluttony, sloth, and lechery -- are depicted through scenes of worldly transgression, arranged around the circular shape. The circular layout represents God's omniscience: no sin goes unnoticed. In the corners of the image appear the "Four Last Things" mentioned in late medieval spiritual handbooks: Deathbed, the Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Source: ibiblio.org.


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