Leaf & Spine

Cover art · forest

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528), 1504.

Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 8.8 x 11.3 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 14% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.

About the work

Albrecht Dürer’s iconic engraving was hugely impactful to the spread of natural symbolism in Europe. Drawing upon classical sculptural models, he represented Adam and Eve in perfect, uncorrupted beauty moments before tasting the forbidden fruit. The tree of knowledge, with its writhing serpent, is a fig tree, and the tree of life, which Adam clasps, is a mountain ash, native to Northern Europe. The elk, rabbit, cat, and ox are symbols of the four human temperaments—melancholic (gloomy), sanguine (sensual), choleric (cruel), and phlegmatic (slothful)—in perfect balance.

More forest art

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