The creation of Eve and Renaissance naturalism : visual theology and artistic invention / by Jack M. Greenstein.
"Depicting the Creation of Woman presented a special problem for Renaissance artists. The medieval iconography of Eve rising half-formed from Adam's side was hardly compatible with their commitment to the naturalistic representation of the human figure. At the same time, the story of God c...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: rethinking iconography; 1. 'In the beginning': Genesis cycles and the iconographies of the Creation of Eve; 2. The rib and the side: synthetic artistry at Orvieto Cathedral; 3. The body of Eve in Andrea Pisano's Creation relief for the campanile of Florence Cathedral; 4. A visual invention: the angels at Eve's Side in Lorenzo Ghiberti's Genesis panel; 5. Jacopo della Quercia's Creation of Eve and the dignity of woman.