Friday 27 November 2015

27 Nov : Eden


Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Master of the Embroidered Foliage
(Active in Brussels 1480-1510)

my continued quest to gain design ideas from history...

Notes to Self:
Liking: water feature, standard apple tree, aquilegias and irises.

Not liking: creepy little chap in the background.

MrsM needs to grow hair.
MrM needs more practice balancing ivy leaves.

9 comments:

  1. Tragically, you also need a more Elizabethan forehead. Waxing, perhaps? And I could see the creepy little chap being fetching in a statuary format.

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    1. A little creepy man could be quite alarming in a dark corner of the garden. I think that I would prefer a cherub or two.

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  2. With its integral use of a serpent, this particular garden design may have long lasting consequences.

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    1. Indeed. I think that the apple tree should have been pruned more effectively so that the fruit are out of reach. No foresight there.

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  3. Why do Adam and Eve have belly buttons?

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    1. I am flummoxed.

      You have sent me into a spiral of doubt and a crisis of faith.

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    2. Oh dear, that was not my intention, I was merely wondering if you knew the answer.

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  4. Are those ivy leaves?
    Thank you for the image of MrM and the leafbalancing which brightened my sunday enormously!
    Andrea

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    1. I assume they are ivy but I am not looking too closely. I hope they are not holly.

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