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)

183 Pages·1997·0.91 MB·English

by  Penny Howell Jolly

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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.
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CALIFORNIA STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ART
Walter Horn, Founding Editor
James Marrow, General Editor
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IV Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts,
by Lilian M. C. Randall
V The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans,
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VI A Century of Dutch Manuscript Illumination,
by L. M. J. Delaissé
VII George Caleb Bingham: The Evolution of an Artist, and A Catalogue Raisonné (two volumes),
by E. Maurice Bloch
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IX Venetian Painted Ceilings of the Renaissance,
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XIV The Horned Moses in Medieval Art and Thought,
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by Suzanne Lewis
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According to the Literary Sources, by Franciscus Junius (two volumes),
edited by Keith Aldrich, Philipp Fehl, and Raina Fehl
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by Janet Cox-Rearick
XXX Masking the Blow: The Scene of Representation in Late Prehistoric Egyptian Art,
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by Ruth Mellinkoff
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by Walter Horn, Jenny White Marshall, and Grellan D. 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

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ABOUT THE DISCOVERY SERIES
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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

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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.

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to Eves and Adams past and present,
especially my parents, Mildred and William Howell,
and my children, Jennifer and Joseph Jolly

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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

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