Bible Art
The Death of Adam
Artist: Piero della Francesca
1466
Painting
he Death of Adam forms part of a large fresco cycle, The Legend of the True Cross, painted by Piero in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo. He was commissioned to complete the fresco after the artist Bicci di Lorenzo died before finishing the original commission. On the right, an old, dying Adam, the first human created by God, implores his son Seth to visit the archangel Michael to acquire an oil that will prevent his death. In the center of the composition in the far background, we see that Michael instead gives Seth a seed of the Tree of Sin to place in his dying father's mouth in order to save his soul. Eventually, the Tree of Good and Evil would sprout from him, perhaps represented by the large tree in the center of the fresco. On the left, Adam's family bury him.
In medieval times, Adam's death was in many ways seen as the beginning of Christ's story, as it was believed that the wood for the cross that Jesus was crucified on came from the Tree of Good and Evil. The story of the True Cross of Christ, and its rediscovery by the mother of Byzantine emperor Constantine the Great, was particularly important in this period when efforts were being made to unite the Western and Eastern churches.
This Fresco is in Cappella Maggiore in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, Italy
The Death of the Virgin
Artist: William Blake
1803
Painting
The Death of the Virgin (1803) refers to an apocryphal account of the death of the Virgin Mary,
This work is watercolour on paper, measures 37.8 x 37.1 cm, and is housed in The Tate Gallery
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