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Antonio Allegretti
Antonio Allegretti (1840–1918) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, and died in Carrara, Italy. He trained in Genoa under Santo Varni. His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of ''Cain'', awarded him a stipend and a Gold medal from the Accademia Linguistica, and he moved to Florence. There he made a portrait of Marchese Ginno Capponi. From there he moved to Rome, where he became professor of sculpture at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Rome. In Rome he completed a statue of Margherita del Fausto, exhibited at the International Exposition of Paris, where it was lauded, reproduced, and sold. His ''Eve after the Sin'' was purchased by Rome municipality, and is exhibited in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna The ("national gallery of modern and contemporary art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve After Sin, By Antonio Allegretti, 1881 - Galleria Nazionale D'arte Moderna - Rome, Italy - DSC05186
Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions." of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman, yet some debate within Judaism has also given that position to Lilith. Eve is known also as Adam's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. Adam is charged with guarding and keeping the garden before her creation; she is not present when God commands Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit – although it is clear that she was aware of the command. She decides to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil after she hears the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
