#and which chooses darkness and which chases light π
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I chose the dark / You chased the light
Adam and Eve, Rubens (~1597)
The Temptation of Christ, Tintoretto (~1579)
The Fallen Angel, Cabanel (1847)
The Immaculate Conception, Tiepolo (1767)
#and which chooses darkness and which chases light π#my favorite parallel in art#i know the Eve/Lucifer parallels are due to Sexism β’ but god the literary foiling is so interesting#the two creatures who knew godβs mind. whom god feared so much he cast them both from paradise#but while old Morningstar fell Eveβs sin only made mankind more holy through the knowledge of choice#and from her progeny was born god himself again (at least in the christian narrative)#taking actual religion out of the picture for a second itβs such a compelling literary concept#that Lucifer wished to become god but Eve only wished to understand him#art#classic art#art compilation#religion
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