The walls were decorated with frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Christ and Moses painted by Perugino, Botticelli, Ghirlandajo and others. ... Under the left arm of the Christian Creator is a woman thought to be Eve, the Virgin Mary, or possibly representing both. ... He appears to stare knowingly at the figure of Eve as he reclines against a large rock on the landscape of a barren hill or a mountain upon a purposely unformed landscape. ...

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The second level was to be statues of Moses and Saint Paul along with symbolic figures of active contemplative life-representative of the human striving for knowledge. ... Three of the panels were devoted to the Creation, three to the story of Adam and Eve, and three to the story of Noah and the great flood. ...

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