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The Holy Bible
Introduction
Genesis
See Chapter 1 and 2
The Creation Of The World
by
Ivan Aivazovsky
in 1864
The Creation of Adam
by
Michaelangelo
in 1508
Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel is a painting by Giacinto Gimignani which was uploaded on February 7th, 2017.
Cain Slaying Abel
Pier Francesco Mola Italian
ca. 1650–52
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 623 in New York City
This vigorous composition depicts the first murder in human history according to the Bible: a fratricide motivated by jealousy between the sons of Adam and Eve. Seventeenth-century collectors and artists were fascinated by such moral dramas culminating in violent action. Mola’s landscape reinforces the subject’s inherent intensity through smoke and light from the nearby fire that rises along the tree trunk and foliage before merging into the branches and sky. It embodies Mola’s moody, even romantic, interpretation of Roman classicism.
The rich, wicked inhabitants of the earth watch with amusement as Noah completes the ark. Their luxury and indolence are equated with evil – this picture was painted in the industrious mid-Victorian era.
The Bible says ‘…the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only towards evil.’ They are enjoying the evening sunlight. But on the horizon a great cloud begins to form…
Noah warns the people about the impending disaster, but they listen to him with amused scepticism. Undeterred, he rallies the troops to keep on building, while behind him the storm clouds gather.
On the left side, the populace listens to Noah’s mad raving.
But the right side of the painting is a hive of activity, as the sons of Noah work frantically to complete the ark before the clouds darken any more.
The French Master has captured the urgency of the moment – and something of the futility of warning people about the consequences of their actions.