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Art in the Bible


An abstract look at a renaissance perception of the Bible

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Painting

Part 2 A compalation of abstract ideas

Part 3 Components of the picture

Part 4 A few thesis statements

Part 5 The essay

Art in the Bible

Many perceive
this world as completly dichotomus. For many people they
will go through their whole life thinking that there is nothing in between black
and white. This may present a formidable situation for many, however, for
Michelangelo this was not clear enough. He took the Christian religion that was
important to him and the society that he lived in and perceive
d it a way more
accoustomed to the modern world. He created a sense of greyness in a world that
was previously perceive
d as only black and white. In his depiction of Adam and
Eve being expelled from the garden of Eden he sets up a dichotomus world but
through subtile and not so subtile hints he shows the observer that he doesn't
perceive
the world in this way.......

Approximate Word Count: 609
Approximate Pages: 3 (260 words per double-spaced page)