Temptation of Adam and Eve, Renaissance fresco in Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Italy.
The Temptation of Adam and Eve is a fresco in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence showing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as a serpent offers Eve the forbidden fruit. The work measures roughly two meters tall and just under one meter wide, occupying a central place in the chapel's decoration.
Masolino da Panicale created this work in the early 1420s as part of the chapel's decoration program. The fresco emerged during a time when Florence was becoming a center of artistic renewal and new techniques for depicting figures were being developed.
The chapel takes its name from the Brancacci family who commissioned the work. The frescoes show how painters were learning to depict human bodies and space in new ways during this period of artistic change.
The fresco cycle is located within a church in the old city center and requires looking upward to see the details clearly. It pays to spend time observing carefully, as the works are rich in detail.
Eve is shown in a classical pose that echoes ancient Roman artworks. This blending of biblical story with ancient artistic forms shows how Renaissance painters were bringing classical ideas back to life.
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