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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/1030/1032-08.jpg
Title	The Life of Mankind.
Creator	Moreau, Gustave (French painter, 1826-1898)
Date	1886
Cultural Context	French European Western European
Style/Period	Symbolist Neo-Romantic Decadent Movement Fin de siecle
Theme	Paintings (visual works) Oil paintings (visual works) Polyptychs Frames (furnishings) Pediments Panels (ornament areas) Storytelling Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Narrative cycles Religious art Bible stories Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Scenes (depictions) Figurative art Figures (representations) Men (male humans) Women Religious (people) Angels Nudes (representations) Nudity Kneeling Sitting Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Wings (supernatural) Haloes Animals Lions Wild animals Wildlife Bulls (animals) Cattle Birds Plants (vegetation) Vegetation Flowers (plants) Trees Landscapes (representations)
Subject	Paintings Oil paintings Polyptychs Picture frames Pediments Storytelling Biblical events Crucifixions Myths Legends Men Women Couples Nudes Angels People associated with religion Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Flying Sitting Clothing & dress Animals Lions Wild cats Bulls Cattle Birds Plants Trees Flowers Landscapes (Representations)
Description	Polyptych with 9 panels and a pediment.
People Pictured	Jesus Christ
Material	Oil on panel Oil on wood Oil paint (pigmented coating) Wood (plant material)
Measurements	Each panel: 13 1/4 x 10"; pediment: 14 1/2 x 37"
Technique	Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making) Panel painting (image-making)
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings Panel paintings (painting by form) Polyptychs
Repository	Musée Gustave Moreau (Paris, France)
Source	Delevoy, Robert L. Symbolists and Symbolism. Geneva: Skira; New York: Rizzoli, 1978. (p.53)
Rights	All reproduction rights reserved by A.D.A.G.P. and S.P.A.D.E.M., Paris, Cosmopress, Geneva, and A.S.B.L., Brussels. Photograph reproduced in Delevoy courtesy: Musee Gustave Moreau, Paris (Photo Bulloz).
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1032-08.jpg
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