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ROMANESQUE PAINTER, French: Fall of Man

Vivid reds and golds depict Adam and Eve succumbing to serpent's temptation in hierarchical Romanesque composition. This 12th-century fresco establishes the Fall as central moral drama in French religious art, reflecting medieval theological preoccupations with sin and redemption.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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