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Offline Iuvenalis

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Odd observation of biblical illustration
« on: December 07, 2015, 04:40:54 PM »
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  • Not sure if I am being paranoid here or even if there is reason to be paranoid not entirely sure what this would mean...

    So I was looking at illustrations of Gustave Dore and  I ordered a book off of Amazon of his biblical illustrations. Very odd thing the first two plates namely The Creation of Light and "The Formation of Eve" in the text omit a man-like representation of God that I see in many (not all) online copies of the same piece. I look online and this omission seems to be the more common version. But in several places the exact same illustration is shown with a representation of God in the 2 illustrations.

    I find it very odd that God is omitted in these first two plates. I doubt that Gustave Doré a did multiple versions for whatever reason. I am trying to determine what is the canonical version of his illustration and if it has been altered over time and when for some agenda.

    What are your thoughts??