Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: My tragedy in retrospect

  • My tragedy in retrospect

    Mary Osborne Chicago, Illinois, United States   The downfall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1508–1512 Michelangelo, The Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy From a scaffold, neck craned, Michelangelo Buonarroti painted scenes from the book of Genesis, prophets, and sibyls upon the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Considering himself a…