Adam and the Animals : allegory and the literal sense in early Christian art

Author

Maguire, Henry

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Dumbarton Oaks papers/Studies on art and archeology in honor of Ernst Kitzinger on his seventy-fifth birthday. 1987, Vol. 41, p. 363-373, 4 ill.; plans

ISSN

0070-7546

Abstract (en)

Analyzes the iconography of Adam Naming the Animals in the light of contemporary exegetical literature. The first section of the article distinguishes between Early Christian commentaries on the Earthly Paradise according to their levels of interpretation--literal, allegorical, or both. The second section makes use of these distinctions to present interpretations of several well-known portrayals of Adam in Paradise. Finally, proposes some means by which artists could suggest different levels of allegorical interpretation when they created visual texts.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400
• Adam
• Eden
• Animals
• Christian iconography
• Iconography
• Allegory
• Art
• Early Christian
• Literature
• Exegesis

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400
• Adam
• Animal
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Iconographie
• Allégorie
• Art
• Paléochrétien (art)
• Littérature
• Exégèse

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447712

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