Temptation & Expulsion from Paradise, Sistine Chapel

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Mark Cartwright
by Michelangelo
published on 15 September 2020
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A panel from ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome. The panel shows the temptation and then expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The ceiling was created between 1508 and 1512 CE by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) and shows the story of Genesis from the Creation to the Great Flood.

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Michelangelo. (2020, September 15). Temptation & Expulsion from Paradise, Sistine Chapel. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12754/temptation--expulsion-from-paradise-sistine-chapel/

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