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6.11: Cranach’s Adam and Eve

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    Rachel Ropeik and Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Lucus Cranach the Elder’s Adam and Eve.

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    Lucus Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526, oil on panel, (Courtauld Gallery, London).

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    • Cranach, Adam and Eve. Authored by: Rachel Ropeik and Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern/cranach-altdorfer/v/cranach-the-elder-adam-and-eve-1526. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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