One of a set of Medici tapestries on the Genesis story of Adam and Eve, from the Academia, Florence. The representation of the garden invites comparison with Milton, as does the portrayal of two key dramatic moments: Eve tempted by the serpent, and Eve offering the fruit to Adam.
God Creating the Animals
. Raphael and his school (1483–1520).
Creation of Adam
. Michelangelo (1475–1564), Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
Engraving, by William Faithmore, of Milton in 1670, a few years after he completed
Paradise Lost
; it was published as the frontispiece to his
History of Britain
(1670).
Adam
(1528). Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Eve
(1528). Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The Expulsion
(1427). Masaccio.
The Judgment of Adam and Eve.
Adam and Eve
(1504). Albrecht Dürer.
The Fall
(1611). Zacharias Dolendo, after Bartholomeus Spranger.
From Geoffrey Whitney,
A Choice of Emblems
(London, 1586; Scolar Press, 1969).
Adam's Story
(
Paradise Lost
8.249–559). John Baptist Medina, 1688 Folio Edition of Milton's
Paradise Lost.
Satan, Sin, and Death
(Book II,
Paradise Lost
). John Baptist Medina, 1688 Folio Edition of Milton's
Paradise Lost.
The Battle of the Angels
(Book VI,
Paradise Lost
). John Baptist Medina, 1688 Folio Edition of Milton's
Paradise Lost.
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The Bible,
The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis
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Saint Augustine,
The City of God
John Calvin,
Commentaries on the First Book of Moses Called Genesis
Rachel Speght,
A Muzzle for Melastomus
John Milton,
Christian Doctrine
Adam and Eve, A Gallery of Renaissance Images
Literary Analogues
Epic Themes and Invocations
- Homer,
The Iliad
- Virgil,
The Aeneid
- Tasso,
Jerusalem Delivered
Ovid,
The Metamorphoses
- George Sandys on the Narcissus Story
- Sigmund Freud,
On Narcissism
Guillaume Du Bartas,
The Divine Weeks and Works
Andrew Marvell,
On Mr. Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Contemporary Visual Responses to
Paradise Lost
