Title

God creating Eve from Adam's rib, 1508. Artist: Unknown

Caption

God creating Eve from Adam's rib, 1508. Scene from the Bible (Genesis). It illustrates Thales' concept of the universe based on the four Greek elements with a flat earth floating on water with air and fire above.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1508

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_019

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,2Mb (2,5Mb) / 9,9in x 11,8in / 2976 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature animal water tree religious garden plant bird birds paradise religion air fire Earth continent Greek Christianity universe Greece Judaism Jewish deity God location century philosophy Bible creation Biblical concept cosmology B&W goddess element MONOCHROME Old Testament Garden of Eden black & white black and white B W Adam And Eve Ancient Greece Genesis 16th century Ancient Greek sixteenth century Oxford Science Archive Bible scene Book of Genesis flat Earth Four Elements TGN woodcut Unknown Thales of Miletus Thales of Miletus woodcut