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 Bible Art

The Eve of St. Agnes
Artist: Harry Clarke
 1924    Stained Glass

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The Eve of St Agnes window is based on a romantic narrative poem set in the Middle Ages. The poem was written by John Keats in 1819.  Keats based his poem on the folk belief that a girl could see her future husband in a dream if she performed certain rites on the eve of St. Agnes; that is, she would go to bed without any supper, and transfer pins one by one from a pincushion to a sleeve while reciting the Lord’s Prayer.  Then the proposed husband would appear in her dream.

Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c.  304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches.[2] She is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, and one of many Christians martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

The Fall of Man
Artist: Michelangelo
 1509-10    Painting

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Eve takes the apple from the snake, who has told her that after eating the fruit she will be as God, knowing good and evil, The moment is known as The Fall.

This fresco, measuring 280 X 570 cm, is part of Michelangelo's decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Varican.