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'''''The Garden of Earthly Detroits''''' is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the early science fiction artist Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain since 1939.
'''''The Garden of Earthly Detroits''''' is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the early science fiction artist Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain since 1939.


As little is known of Bosch's life or intentions, interpretations of his artistic intent behind the work range from an admonition of worldly fleshy indulgence, to a dire warning on the perils of technology, to an evocation of ultimate machine emotion. The intricacy of its symbolism, particularly that of the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries. Twentieth-century art historians are divided as to whether the triptych's central panel is a moral warning or a panorama of technology lost.
Interpretations of Bosch's artistic intent behind the work range from an admonition of worldly fleshy indulgence, to a dire warning on the perils of technology, to an evocation of ultimate human-machine intimacy. The complexity of its symbolism, particularly the logic gate circuitry in the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries. Twentieth-century art historians are divided as to whether the triptych's central panel is a moral warning or a panorama of technology lost.


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File:The Bridges of RoboCop County.jpg|link=The Bridges of RoboCop County|'''''[[The Bridges of RoboCop County]]''''' is an American science fiction romantic crime drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and Paul Verhoeven, starring Meryl Streep and Peter Weller.
File:Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights.jpg|link=Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights?|'''''[[Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights?]]''''' is a 1968 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
File:RoboGodfather.jpg|link=RoboGodfather|'''''[[RoboGodfather]]''''' is an epic science fiction crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Verhoeven, starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Peter Weller, and Kurtwood Smith.


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* ''[[Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights?]]''
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* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
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* ''[[RoboGodfather]]''
* ''[[The Bridges of RoboCop County]]''


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The Garden of Earthly Detroits is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the early science fiction artist Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain since 1939.

Interpretations of Bosch's artistic intent behind the work range from an admonition of worldly fleshy indulgence, to a dire warning on the perils of technology, to an evocation of ultimate human-machine intimacy. The complexity of its symbolism, particularly the logic gate circuitry in the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries. Twentieth-century art historians are divided as to whether the triptych's central panel is a moral warning or a panorama of technology lost.

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