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Click to view high resolution image Title: Story of Adam and Eve Creator: Boucicaut Master, manuscript illuminator, and workshop Description: Detail from folio depicting the Creation and Fall of Humanity. The central scene of this image depicts the Fall of Humanity. The serpent, having the head of a beautiful woman, has convinced Eve to take a fruit from the forbidden tree, which stands before a fountain. She holds it up to Adam as angels watch. To the left, an angel ejects the couple from Eden. Their story then continues in a series of scenes running clockwise from the gate of the garden: they live by their labor (Adam tills the land while Eve spins), and then, considerably aged (another punishment for their transgression), the couple approaches a man at a table. Adam extends a hand with a pointed finger—a speech gesture—and the seated man does the same. It is likely that the man is Boccaccio and that the couple is approaching him to tell their story. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Adam (Biblical Figure) Angels Authors Boccaccio, Giovanni, Author Books Eve (Biblical Figure) Fall of Humankind Gardens Nude Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Date: ca. 1415 Related Work: Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes; full page available from The Getty Center:http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=112325 Current Location: Los Angeles, The Getty Center, MS 63, fol. 3 Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Tempera; Gold paint; Gold leaf Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): 29.6 cm (full folio)/42 cm (full folio)/ Inscription: Related Resources:

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