ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PARADISE LOST
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A celebration in heaven
[Doré] [Martin-1] [Martin-2] [Petrina-1] [Petrina-2] [Westall]One angel's envy of God gives birth to sin
[Westall]Satan rouses his followers to wage war against God
[Westall]The first blow is struck
[Doré]The war of angels
[Breughel] [Doré]Michael battles Satan
[Medina]Satan is wounded
[Doré]The angels call a truce as night falls
[Doré]On the third day of battle God hurls the rebel angels into hell
[Burney] [Doré-1] [Doré-2] [Martin] [Medina] [Petrina-1] [Petrina-2] [Westall]Satan rises from the burning lake
[Doré] [Fuseli] [Martin] [Medina]He calls forth his legions
[Burney] [Doré] [Martin] [Westall]The fallen angels explore the landscape of hell
[Doré-1] [Doré-2]The devils construct Satan's infernal palace, Pandemonium
[Martin]God creates a new world
[Blake] [Martin] [Michaelangelo] [von.Carolsfeld-1] [von.Carolsfeld-2] [von.Carolsfeld-3]God creates the creatures of the sea and air
[Tintoretto] [von.Carolsfeld]God creates Adam
[Michaelangelo]Adam longs for human companionship
[Petrina]God creates Eve
[Fuseli] [Groom] [Michaelangelo] [Petrina]Eve falls in love with her image in the water
[Martin]Eve is presented to Adam
[Westall]In hell the devils are summoned to council
[Doré]Satan holds court and plots revenge against God's man
[Doré] [Martin]Satan encounters his offspring, Sin and Death, at the gate of hell
[Doré] [Medina]Sin intercedes to prevent battle between Satan and Death
[Blake] [Fuseli] [Martin]Sin unlocks the gate as Satan prepares to journey across chaos
[Burney] [Hayman]Satan passes the steps ascending to heaven
[Martin]Satan struggles against the anarchy of chaos
[Doré]Satan tricks the angel Uriel into guiding him to the world of man
[Burney]Satan descends to earth
[Doré]He lands atop Mt. Niphates, where he laments the loss of heaven
[Doré]From here he views the whole of Eden
[Doré]Satan descends the mount and approaches Eden
[Doré]Uriel reports Satan's approach to Gabriel and the sentry angels at the gate of Paradise
[Doré] [Martin]Within the garden the innocent pair eat fruit and drink from a stream
[Doré] [Decker] [Groom] [Petrina]Satan finds Adam and Eve and envies their blissful state
[Burney] [Doré] [Hayman] [Hoet] [Martin]When night falls Satan invades Eve's dreams
[Fuseli]Scouts sent by Gabriel find Satan lurking near the sleeping couple
[Blake] [Burney] [Fuseli] [Martin] [Westall]Satan is banished from Eden
[Doré]Adam awakens to find Eve in restless sleep
[Doré] [Groom] [Westall]The angel Raphael visits Eden
[Burney] [Doré] [Martin]Raphael dines with Adam and Eve
[Groom] [Petrina]He warns them of their enemy
[Burney] [Doré] [Groom] [Martin] [Medina] [Westall-1] [Westall-2]He admonishes Adam not to be weakened by Eve's beauty
[Burney]Raphael returns to heaven
[Doré]Satan returns to Eden by night and possesses the sleeping serpent
[Doré-1] [Doré-2]Adam and Eve offer morning prayers
[Martin] [Westall]Adam tries to persuade Eve not to wander off alone
[Rubens]Satan finds Eve alone among the flowers and is enchanted by her beauty
[Westall]Eve is tempted by the serpent and succumbs
[Blake] [Burney] [Doré] [Groom] [Martin] [Petrina] [Titian] [Westall]Learning what she has done, Adam resolves to share Eve's fate.
[Fuseli] [Michaelangelo] [Westall]She gives the forbidden fruit to her husband
[Dürer-1] [Dürer-2] [Fuchs] [Hoet] [Holbein] [Lempicka] [Mabuse] [Martin] [Patko] [Raphael] [Tintoretto] [von.Carolsfeld] [unknown]Too late, Adam and Eve regret what they have done
[Fuseli] [Petrina]They attempt to cover their shame with fig leaves
[Doré] [Martin]They hear God call them and hide from him
[Doré]God passes judgment on man and woman
[Blake] [Burney] [Domenichino] [von.Carolsfeld] [Petrina]In heaven the Son of God offers himself as mankind's Redeemer
[Blake]Satan returns to hell
[Doré]All the devils are turned into serpents as punishment
[Doré]Sin and Death come to earth
[Doré] [Martin] [Westall]Eve begs Adam's forgiveness
[Martin] [Hoet] [Westall]Adam and Eve view evil omens
[Westall]Michael descends to earth with a band of angels
[Doré] [Martin]He shows Adam visions of future consequences of his sin
[Blake] [Westall]Michael tells the pair they may no longer stay in Paradise
[Canabel] [Doré] [Medina]The angels place a flaming sword at the gate of Paradise
[Petrina]Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden
[Blake] [Burney] [Fuseli] [Martin] [Medina] [Michaelangelo] [Petrina] [von.Carolsfeld] [von.Stuck] [West] [Westall-1] [Westall-2] [unknown]