mythical, biblical, erotic apple of original sin, apple of the discord, from the Hesperides garden, apples of the still life, Cézanne's apples to impress Paris, Magritte's floating apple

2. … a mysterious and ambiguous symbol that reveals a mass of meanings and unites many opposing messages

3. the apple in painting ...
mythical, biblical, erotic
apple of original sin, apple of the discord, from the Hesperides garden, apples of the still life,
Cézanne's apples to impress Paris, Magritte's floating apple

5. The Apple
in Western Painting
(1)

7. Adam, Eve, the snake and the apple …

8. apple
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
and
Goes, in his striking rendition of the “tempter”
with the head of a woman, body of a salamander and feet of an aquatic bird
Hugo van der Goes
Vienna Diptych, The Fall of Man and The Lamentation, left panel
Diptyque de Vienne, La Chute de l'homme et de la Déploration, panneau de gauche
1467-1468
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

11. the fateful moment ...
birds and animals
the Tree of Knowledge
the apple
and
the serpent looks on as Adam succumbs to temptation
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
Adam and Eve
Adam et Ève
1526
Courtauld Gallery, London

14. Eve accepts the ripe apple offered by the coiled serpent
(the earliest life-size nudes in Northern art ...)
Albrecht Dürer
Adam and Eve
Adam et Ève
1507
Museo del Prado, Madrid

18. Eve holds a fruit …
not an traditional apple but an etrog, a type of citrus
Hubert and Jan van Eyck
The Ghent Altarpiece, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Adam, Eve
Autel de Gand, L’Adoration de l'Agneau mystique,
Adam, Ève
1432
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent

22. Eve on a pedestal, eating the forbidden fruit
Petrus Christus
The Nativity
Nativité
1450-1465
National Gallery of Art, Washington

25. the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Adam and Eve
the serpent
the moment just before the consumption
of forbidden fruit and the fall of man ...
Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder
Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel l'ancien
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man
Le jardin d'Eden et la chute de l'homme
1615
Mauritshuis, The Hague

29. a sensuous charm in the position of Adam's hand
a fox, symbol of the devil and lust
and
an child-serpent who offers the apple
Tiziano Vecelli
Adam and Eve
Adam et Ève
1550
Museo del Prado, Madrid

33. Apple and mythology …

34. a peculiar erotic torpor …
three Hesperides
a divine garden reserved only for immortals
a serpent
a tree with the golden apples, gift of Zeus to Hera
Frederic Leighton
The Garden of the Hesperides
Le Jardin des Hespérides
1892
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool

37. three golden apples
from the garden of the Hesperides ...
a virgin hunter
a race
and
a sacrilege in a temple of Cybele
Guido Reni
Atalanta and Hippomenes
Atalante et Hippomène
1612
Museo del Prado, Madrid

40. three golden apples
and
Atalanta dressed in beautiful clothes
(and a dog in the bottom right corner)
Willem van Herp
Atalanta and Hippomenes
Atalante et Hippomène
1632
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

43. Paris' verdict ...
Hera, Athena, Aphrodite
and
an golden apple
with the inscription "pulchriori detur"
(let it be given to the one who is more beautiful)
Antonio da Vendri
Judgment of Paris
Jugement de Pâris
1500-1524
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

46. a critical moment in a contest of beauty ...
Venus, Juno, Minerva
Paris , god Mercury
four putti
and
a golden apple
Peter Paul Rubens
The Judgment of Paris
Jugement de Pâris
1625
National Gallery, London

49. sinuous lines and exaggerated gestures ...
Rubens's ideal of female beauty
Peter Paul Rubens
The Judgment of Paris
Jugement de Pâris
1639
Museo del Prado, Madrid

53. the Three Graces
and
the golden apples of the Hesperides garden,
symbol of immortality …
a virtuous man's reward
Raffaello Sanzio Raphaël
The Three Graces
Les Trois Grâces
1504-1505
Musée Condé, Chantilly

57. Venus
and
the golden apple she won in the Judgement of Paris
Agnolo Bronzino
Allegory of Venus and Cupid, A Triumph of Venus
Allégorie du triomphe de Vénus
1540-1545
National Gallery, London

60. The Virgin, the Child, the apple …

61. symbols related to the Passion and human redemption :
red carnation, the blood that Jesus will shed
ruby on Mary's forehead, a symbol of her premonition
and
apple, fruit of the original sin …
the child Christ is the second Adam whose sacrifice expiates man's fall
Carlo Crivelli
Virgin and Child
Vierge à l'Enfant
1480
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

64. Child Christ :
the apple, symbol of the original sin
the bread - the body of Christ - symbol of the redemption
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree
La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus sous le pommier
1525-1530
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

67. Christ Child apple
a symbolic reference to Adam's fall
Carlo Crivelli
Madonna and Child Enthroned with a Donor
Vierge à l'Enfant trônant
1470
National Gallery of Art, Washington

70. lily, ewer and basin for purifying water,
representing the purity of the Virgin Mary
an orange or "Chinese apple",
fruit of the forbidden tree,
reminding us of the necessity of Redemption
Rogier van der Weyden, atelier
The Annunciation
L'Annonciation
1440
Musée du Louvre, Paris

73. Christ Child picks an apple,
alluding to his future Passion
and the subsequent redemption of Original Sin
Ambrosius Benson
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Vierge et l'Enfant avec sainte Anne
1525-1530
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

76. an attitude is pregnant with significance ...
the Child,
hiding behind his back the stolen fruit that brought humanity to disaster,
seems to sigh that he is born to redeem …
Albrecht Dürer
Madonna and Child (Haller Madonna)
Vierge à l'Enfant (Haller Madonna)
c. 1498
National Gallery of Art, Washington

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