Garden of Eden
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The Garden of Eden, also called Garden of God or the Paradise, is the biblical paradise described in Genesis 2–3 and Ezekiel 28 and 31.
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens, c. 1615, depicting both domestic and exotic wild animals such as tigers, parrots, and ostriches co-existing in the garden
Expulsion from Paradise, painting by James Tissot, c. 1896–1902
The Expulsion illustrated in the English Junius manuscript, c. 1000 CE
The Garden of Eden in the left panel of Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights
Paradise
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In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both
The Last Judgment (detail), c.1431, by Fra Angelico depicting people in paradise
The luxurious palace and gardens of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (ruled 668–631 BCE) at Nineveh, with original color reconstitution. Irrigation canals radiate from an aqueduct. The king appears under the porch. British Museum.
Paradise by Jan Bruegel, circa 1620
Nicolas Poussin, Four seasons of paradise, 1660–1664