Expulsion from Garden of Eden - Michelangelo

Expulsion from Garden of Eden
Michelangelo
1509-10
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

This is Michelangelo's version of the expulsion from Eden.

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden - Masaccio

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai)

1426-27

Fresco,

208 x 88 cm

Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Believe it or not, this image was on the cover of a Gynecology medical text in the 1970's.

Creation of Adam - Michelangelo

Michelangelo's Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. Obviously this differs from other Biblical accounts of Eve being created from Adam's rib.

The Creation of Eve - Michelangelo

The Creation of Eve
Michelangelo
1509-10
Fresco
170 x 260 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

This is Michelangelo's The Creation of Eve, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It shows God creating Eve from the side of Adam. This is one of the most famous depictions of the creation of Eve in Western art.

Venus Anadyomene - A Pompeian mural

This is a fresco from Pompei, Casa dei Venus, 1st century AD. It was dug out in 1960. The artist is not known.