Northern Renaissance, with Jan Van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer and Hieronymus Bosch.

Any excuse to hoist Albrecht Dürer's image to the marquee is appreciated, but in fact this series is three hours well spent. The link takes you to the YouTube portal for all three episodes.

Northern Renaissance (BBC 4; first broadcast 15 Nov 2007)

Series in which Joseph Leo Koerner argues that the Renaissance in Northern Europe - more so than its Italian counterpart - laid the foundations of modern art.

The Supreme Art
A look at how Jan Van Eyck's oil paintings transformed the art world.

The Birth of the Artist
A look at painter Albrecht Durer, the first world-famous artist.

Image Wars
Joseph Leo Koerner examines the work of Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch.

Hieronymus Bosch would have adored New Albany.

I suspect that my experience isn't unique, in that Hieronymus Bosch first came to my attention as mentioned in passing in No One Here Gets Out Alive, the 1980 biography of Jim Morrison by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugarman. From there, it was off to the library, and later to European museums to see the paintings up close and personal.

Here's a decent old-school documentary about Hieronymus Bosch. View it at YouTube, and you'll find a collection of links to source material.