Pisano Andrea

Suppose we continue analyzing the role of Adam as uprooted from the Genesis story, having isolated him from the narrative context as a fish caught in dim waters. In that case, alchemists will find themselves in a cul-de-sac when trying to give a role to Eve.

In a panel by Andrea Pisano, in Giotto’s bell tower, we can see Eve as the birth of the rib from a sleeping Adam. A religious absurdity, an intriguing puzzle for a philologist and an alchemist