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What is the meaning behind the painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch?
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The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted by Hieronymus Bosch in the late 15th century, is a triptych showing a paradise of beautiful colors, creatures, and plants, which some believe has a moralistic meaning. The left panel of the painting shows God presenting Eve to Adam, the middle panel shows them relishing in the earthly pleasures of the garden, and the right panel shows the fall of Mankind and the horrors of the wicked. The painting is believed to be symbolic of mankind’s struggles between the divine and the mortal, or between abstinence and indulgence.