The creation of Eve and Renaissance naturalism: visual theology and artistic invention

"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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Main Author: Greenstein, Jack M. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eve / Christian art / Naturalism / History 1420-1600
B Eve / Creation
B Pisano, Andrea 1290-1349 / Cathedral (Florence) / Campanile / Relief map
B Ghiberti, Lorenzo 1378-1455, Paradiestür / Eve
B Jacopo, della Quercia 1371-1438 / Porta Maggiore (Bologna) / Relief map
Further subjects:B Naturalism in art Europe
B Christian art and symbolism Renaissance, 1450-1600
B Art, Renaissance Philosophy
B Eve (Biblical figure) Species
B Christian art and symbolism Renaissance
B Art, European
B Eve Species Eve 1450-1600
B Christian art and symbolism Renaissance, 1450-1600
B Naturalism in art
B Naturalism in art Europe Species
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Summary:"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 constructing the first woman from a rib did not offer the kind of dignified, affective pictorial narrative that artists, patrons, and the public prized. Jack M. Greenstein takes this artistic problem as the point of departure for an iconographic study of this central theme of Christian culture. His book shows how the meaning changed along with the form when Lorenzo Ghiberti, Andrea Pisano, and other Italian sculptors of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries revised the traditional composition to accommodate a naturalistically depicted Eve. At stake, Greenstein argues, is the role of the artist and the power of image-making in reshaping Renaissance culture and religious thought"--
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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index
ISBN:110710324X