The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise
The Divine as the central motif, with the Hand and the Heavens in a secondary part. From The Met, open access.
Key · 3 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The Divinecentral motif as it reads here: The Creator
- 2The Handsecondary motif
- 3The Heavenssecondary motif
The picture
God the Father in the sky sets the cosmos turning with one hand, concentric spheres with the zodiac at their rim, the Expulsion at the right; the Divine as the central motif, the Hand and the Spheres by eye. By eye
Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.
Also carrying the Divine
7 works, 4 with it as the central motif. The symbol.
Also carrying the Hand
3 works. The symbol.
Also carrying the Heavens
15 works. The symbol.
In the same series
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