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Frutto proibito o albero della vita? Note intorno alla fortuna medievale di un tema iconografico

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Forbidden fruit or tree of life? Notes around the medieval fortune of an iconographic theme

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Abstract

The biblical tradition of the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of the good and the evil is being investigated through the medieval iconographic sources. The coincidence and the confusion between the apple and the fruit of the fig is at the basis of the interpretative plot that shows itself through the artistic representations.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Forbidden fruit or tree of life? Notes around the medieval fortune of an iconographic theme
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationFichi. Storia, economia, tradizioni. Figs, History, Economy, Traditions
Pages185-212
Number of pages28
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventFichi. Storia, economia, tradizioni. Figs, History, Economy, Traditions - Sanremo-Bordighera
Duration: 22 May 201523 May 2015

Conference

ConferenceFichi. Storia, economia, tradizioni. Figs, History, Economy, Traditions
CitySanremo-Bordighera
Period22/5/1523/5/15

Keywords

  • Adam
  • Adamo
  • Eva
  • Eve
  • albero della vita
  • fico
  • figs
  • fruit
  • frutto
  • iconografia
  • iconography
  • tree of life

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