Giovanni Della Robbia Analysis

In The Beginning: Museum Response Giovanni Della Robbia’s sculpture of Adam and Eve was created in Florence, Italy in 1515. Della Robbia’s sculpture is an illustration of the biblical story Adam and Eve. His portrayal of The Garden of Eden, Eve, and the Serpent in the sculpture of Adam and Eve gives a brief understanding and reference to the portrayal of women and their role in the western Culture. First, The Garden of Eden in the bible is portrayed as a utopia and considered a sinless place, but in the sculpture it is understood that the sin has already taken place. They had already taken and eaten from the apple of the tree of knowledge because Adam and Eve both are now aware that they were naked, and covered themselves up. The Garden of Eden in the sculpture shows the serpent, Adam signifying the father, Eve signifying the mother, a dove signifying Gods watchful eye, an apple, and the tree of knowledge. The Garden of Eden is viewed as a dystopia in the sculpture instead of the utopia it is delivered as in the bible. Della Robbia offered the view of the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden.
Eve played the role in The Garden of Eden as a mother. In this sculpture, Eve is portrayed to be deceiving, sinister, and misleading. This brings one to believe that this was thought by all people during the western era. In western culture women played the male role in his absence, therefore women were particularly dominant. Eve plays the dominant role in which she makes the decisions for them both and Adams follows