Adam and Eve: Views

As time has passed our perception of Adam and Eve has changed based on cultural figures, science, and new perceptions of beauty. This gallery takes the viewer back in time, showing how they may view Adam and Eve compared to the views of their ancestors.

Adam and Eve through a commercial standpoint

Adam and Eve through a scientific standpoint

Adam and Eve as general figures within our minds

Adam and Eve as idealistic figures with no distinct characterization

Adam and Eve as full figures but faces still turned so that the viewer cannot fully make them out

Adam and Eve fully shown with other animals of Eden surrounding them. Each have a different tan to their skin, showing the different types of offspring to come.

Credits: All media

This user gallery has been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed below, who have supplied the content.

Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

SCAD Museum of Art

Art Gallery of Ontario

National Heritage Board, Singapore

Denver Art Museum