Made in God's Image?: Eve and Adam in the Genesis Mosaics at San Marco, Venice (California Studies in the History of Art Discovery Series) PDF
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cover next page > title : Made in God's Image? : Eve and Adam in the Genesis Mosaics At San Marco, Venice California Studies in the History of Art. Discovery Series ; 4 author : Jolly, Penny Howell. publisher : University of California Press isbn10 | asin : 0520205375 print isbn13 : 9780520205376 ebook isbn13 : 9780585054988 language : English subject Mosaics, Medieval--Italy--Venice, Mosaics, Italian--Italy-- Venice, Bible.--O.T.--Genesis--Illustrations, Adam--(Biblical figure)--Art, Eve--(Biblical figure)--Art. publication date : 1997 lcc : NA3790.J66 1997eb ddc : 738.52/0945/31 subject : Mosaics, Medieval--Italy--Venice, Mosaics, Italian--Italy-- Venice, Bible.--O.T.--Genesis--Illustrations, Adam--(Biblical figure)--Art, Eve--(Biblical figure)--Art. cover next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_i next page > Page i Made in God's Image? < previous page page_i next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_ii next page > Page ii CALIFORNIA STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ART Walter Horn, Founding Editor James Marrow, General Editor I The Birth of Landscape Painting in China, by Michael Sullivan II Portraits by Degas, by Jean Sutherland Boggs III Leonardo da Vinci on Painting: A Lost Book (Libro A), by Carlo Pedretti IV Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts, by Lilian M. 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Rourke III The Arnolfini Betrothal: Medieval Marriage and the Enigma of Van Eyck's Double Portrait, by Edwin Hall IV Made in God's Image? Eve and Adam in the Genesis Mosaics at San Marco, Venice, by Penny Howell Jolly < previous page page_iii next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv ABOUT THE DISCOVERY SERIES Innovative and generously illustrated, books in the Discovery Series focus on a single important work of art, artist, or theme in the history of art. Each is distinctive for the richness of detail and insight it conveys in a concise format, and each is written in prose that appeals to both specialists and general readers. < previous page page_iv next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_v next page > Page v Made in God's Image? Eve and Adam in the Genesis Mosaics at San Marco, Venice Penny Howell Jolly UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON < previous page page_v next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi Disclaimer: Some images in the original hard copy book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. The publisher gratefully acknowledges the contribution provided by the Art Book Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press, which is supported by a major gift from the Ahmanson Foundation. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1997 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jolly, Penny Howell. Made in God's image? : Eve and Adam in the Genesis mosaics at San Marco, Venice / Penny Howell Jolly. p. cm. (California studies in the history of art. Discovery series; 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-20537-5 (alk. paper) 1. Mosaics, MedievalItalyVenice. 2. Mosaics, ItalianItalyVenice. 3. Bible. O.T. GenesisIllustrations. 4. Adam (Biblical figure)Art. 5. Eve (Biblical figure)Art. I. Title. II. Series. NA3790.J66 1997 738-52'0945'31dC20 96-28461 CIP Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI z39.48-1984. < previous page page_vi next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii to Eves and Adams past and present, especially my parents, Mildred and William Howell, and my children, Jennifer and Joseph Jolly < previous page page_vii next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_ix next page > Page ix Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xv One 1 Introduction Two 8 Creation before Eve Three 28 Maid in God's Image? Eve as the Embodiment of Difference Four 43 The First Couple in Paradise Five 59 The Labors of Adam and Eve Six 77 The Fallen World and Thirteenth-Century Venice Excerpts from the Book of Genesis (Douay Version) 89 Notes 97 Selected References 127 Illustration Credits 135 Index 137 < previous page page_ix next page > If you like this book, buy it!
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