In class today, we talked about the midterm and then got into studying some more images from Books of Hours. In the first painting we examined, titled Original Sin, we see a telling of the story of Adam and Eve. It was interesting to see how Eve, and women in general, were portrayed as evil. On the left, we see the snake which tempted Adam and Eve, and the snake has Eve’s head. To the right of that, we see Eve standing over Adam in an aggressive stance, as Adam cowers in defeat. By making these artistic choices, the Limbourg brothers convey that women are responsible for man’s original sin. Women are the temptresses responsible for humanity’s fall from Eden.