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Michelangelo Buonarroti, Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, 1509–1510, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City.
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Why is this scene so haunting? Because Michelangelo wants you to watch the body change. On the left is temptation. The tree stands in the middle. The serpent coils around it. Eve reaches, and Adam follows.
Then your eyes move right. The same woman, the same man, but now they are driven out. Notice their bodies contracting. Their faces tighten with …
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