Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden is a renowned early Renaissance fresco by Masaccio depicting Adam and Eve’s anguished banishment from Paradise with striking emotional realism and use of perspective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco
painting
artist Masaccio NERFINISHED
artisticFeature chiaroscuro modeling of the human body
dramatic expression of shame and grief
emotional realism
use of linear perspective
artMovement Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
basedOn Biblical narrative of the Fall of Man
Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
commissionedFor Brancacci Chapel decoration
conservationStatus restored
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Masaccio NERFINISHED
culture Italian
dateCreated circa 1424–1425
depicts Adam NERFINISHED
Eve NERFINISHED
banishment from Paradise
expulsion from the Garden of Eden
genre religious painting
hasInfluenceOn art historical understanding of Renaissance naturalism
hasSubject Christian theology
hasType wall painting
inception c. 1425
influenced later Renaissance painters
influencedBy classical antiquity
locatedIn Florence
Italy
Santa Maria del Carmine NERFINISHED
Tuscany
location Brancacci Chapel NERFINISHED
materialUsed pigments on wet plaster
movement Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor influence on Florentine painting
innovative use of perspective in figure placement
psychological intensity of figures
originalLanguage Italian
partOf Brancacci Chapel fresco cycle NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
setInPeriod Biblical era
shows angel with a sword
nude figures of Adam and Eve
technique fresco painting
theme exile from Paradise
loss of innocence
sin and punishment
title Expulsion from the Garden of Eden NERFINISHED

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Masaccio notableWork Expulsion from the Garden of Eden