Eve Tempted

Eve Tempted was Hiram Powers’s first full-length ideal statue. It shows Eve contemplating an apple in her hand while a serpent lingers at her side. American audiences in the nineteenth century felt that statues and paintings of nude figures were scandalous, but Powers maintained that “clothing would be preposterous, for [Eve] was naked only after she had fallen.” Her pensive expression anticipates the consequences of her actions, which the artist described in his later piece, Eve Disconsolate.

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Sous le même toit : Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sur le même thème · Reptile

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Sources

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

The Greek Slave

Fisher Boy

Proserpine

Bust of "The Greek Slave"

America

California

Muskrat, before 1997

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, late 19th-early 20th century

San Jose, late 19th-early 20th century

Nuestra Senora del Carmen, ca. late 19th-early 20th century

San Rafael, late 19th-early 20th century

Worrying Mother Pig Toy, 20th century (pre-1960s)

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, 1946

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940s

The Sun and the Frogs, 1927/1930

Reptile (color test for unidentified print), 1968

Stars, 1948

Snakes, 1969

Reptiles, 1943

Convex and Concave, 1955

Stars, 1948

Smaller and Smaller, 1956

Eve Tempted

À propos de la sculpture

Notice

Autres œuvres : Hiram Powers

Sous le même toit : Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sur le même thème · Reptile

Oui, elle reçoit

Ce qu’elle montre

Au catalogue

Sources

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

The Greek Slave

Fisher Boy

Proserpine

Bust of "The Greek Slave"

America

California

Muskrat, before 1997

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, late 19th-early 20th century

San Jose, late 19th-early 20th century

Nuestra Senora del Carmen, ca. late 19th-early 20th century

San Rafael, late 19th-early 20th century

Worrying Mother Pig Toy, 20th century (pre-1960s)

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, 1946

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940s

The Sun and the Frogs, 1927/1930

Reptile (color test for unidentified print), 1968

Stars, 1948

Snakes, 1969

Reptiles, 1943

Convex and Concave, 1955

Stars, 1948

Smaller and Smaller, 1956