1515
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Expulsion from Eden is a 1515 by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a scene from the Bible, with Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden. It's part of a series of woodcuts telling the story of Christian redemption. The series has 40 woodcuts, but they weren't printed in the right order, which is interesting. The Cleveland Museum of Art has some of these woodcuts, and they're special because they weren't cut up into individual pieces. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of Albrecht Altdorfer.
These eight woodcuts come from a series of forty which illustrate the story of Christian redemption from original sin to the Last Judgement. Probably to maximize printing efficiency and quality, eight woodblocks were printed on each of five sheets of paper, but the subjects are not in the correct chronological order. Prior to sale, the sheets were cut into eight pieces. The sheets in the museum's set were only cut in half, preserving four prints per page. The numbers after the titles of the individual images indicate each scene's place within the narrative. By 1513, Altdorfer had already…
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Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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