A self-conscious emotion associated with feelings of worthlessness or humiliation

Adam gestures towards a radiant Eve, flesh of his flesh. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.

God stands in the centre of Eden; to the left he breathes life into Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.

A provocative naked young woman lying on a bed, death (a cloaked skeleton) sits at her side, a naked man walks away from the bed with his head bowed, towards a throng of diseased and dying people; representing syphilis. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

God creates Eve; she tempts Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.

The fall; expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve raise a family and set to work. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.

Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden by a sword-bearing angel. Lithograph by N. Consoni after Raphael.

Nudité et pudeur : le mythe du processus de civilisation / Hans Peter Duerr ; traduit de l'allemand par Véronique Bodin avec la participation de Jacqueline Pincemin.

1 online resource (13 pages) : colour illustrations

Colouring by gaslight : a manifesto on family, scapegoating, and compassion in capitalism / [Nicola Field].

Shame faced / Stephanie E.

1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 39.5 x 54.6 cm

15 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

Rape culture and shame / Slutwalk Chicago.

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Shame

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Images referencing Shame

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Nudité et pudeur : le mythe du processus de civilisation / Hans Peter Duerr ; traduit de l'allemand par Véronique Bodin avec la participation de Jacqueline Pincemin.

Colouring by gaslight : a manifesto on family, scapegoating, and compassion in capitalism / [Nicola Field].

Shame faced / Stephanie E.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Rape culture and shame / Slutwalk Chicago.

Shame

Images from the collections

Images referencing Shame

Works from the collections

Nudité et pudeur : le mythe du processus de civilisation / Hans Peter Duerr ; traduit de l'allemand par Véronique Bodin avec la participation de Jacqueline Pincemin.

Colouring by gaslight : a manifesto on family, scapegoating, and compassion in capitalism / [Nicola Field].

Shame faced / Stephanie E.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Rape culture and shame / Slutwalk Chicago.

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