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| Keywords: B Escorial 18.jpg Artwork fr Le péché originel fr Enluminure sur parchemin Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo es El Escorial Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo Ms II 5 f° 18 en c 950-955 PD-Art Beatus Escorial Temptation of Adam and Eve Tree of knowledge Medieval miniatures of Adam and Eve Paintings of snakes Spain in the 10th century Fig leaves as covers in art ImageNote 1 6 3 1272 1916 1282 1922 2 Note the similarity to Ethiopian Coptic religious paintings and New Mexican retablos bright colors big teardrop eyes flat perspective At Spanish Market in Santa Fe which features contemporary versions of old New Mexican Hispanic art I saw at least a dozen paintings of Adam and Eve with identical iconography to the 10th century Spanish version -- even to Adam being always on the left tree of good evil at dead center with that ol' devil-serpent check; guilty looks check fig leaves check Bright colors flat perspective check Pretty amazing really -- no substantial changes in a thousand years PDTillman <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 06 37 11 March 2010 UTC ImageNoteEnd 1 | ||||
