Albrecht Dürer
German
Engraving
This work stood out to me because of the detail of each person's anatomy. The textbook says that Düer used the Da Vinci's Vitruvian studies of proportions. The detail of Adam and Eve's abdomen is remarkable as well as the contraposto and position of the arms. The background is intriguing as well. Each animal (cat, mouse, elk, ox and rabbit) is symbolic. The cat and the mouse are particularly meaningful as they reflect the tension between Adam and Eve at the time of the "Fall of Man".
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