Byzantine and Early Medieval Art

I chose to do option number two.
The Doors of Bishop Bernward where made almost entirely out of bronze. This was said to be the largest and most detailed bronze casting done since antiquity. Each panel has small intricate details that make up a different story from a book of the Bible. Each panel was paired with a another panel which was horizontally next to one another for different reasons like some people believed the stories depicted from both the Old and New testament had parallels that matched them together.
The two horizontal panels I chose to do for my post were from the sections called 'The Fall' and 'The Passion'. The names from the book of these two panels are "Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve" and "Crucifixion". The "Temptation..." panel depicts Adam and Eve being tempted to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The part where Eve is giving the fruit to Adam in the Garden of Eden is the exact moment that is shown. That scene is a part of the Old Testament. While the panel horizontally next to it is the "Crucifixion". Which depicts the story of when Jesus was nailed by his hands and feet to the cross like a criminal. The exact scene on the panel is when he was already nailed down and looks like they were stabbing him with spears, while people watched. Both of these panels have a lot of open space in the back ground unlike some of the other that have almost there entire space filed with something. the open space show one of there main similarities because they are so basic yet each of them tell such deep meaningful stories and they do not need a lot of space to do it.
I feel these scenes were paired together because they both show signs of weakness, for example Jesus cannot do anything he just has to wait and Eve has temptation that makes her weak to which then she passes it on to Adam. I also feel that they have similar themes that fit together to tell a mini story. this one personally has the first sin happen when Adam and Eve disobey God by eating the fruit they were specifically told never to eat. The next scene from the New Testament shows Jesus dying on the cross for our sins so we can be forgiven. The Tree of knowledge of good and evil shows sin while the Cross show life and a chance to start over.
The Old Testament panel that I chose foreshadow what could come in the New Testament because it shows people will always sin even if they promise not too because temptation is hard to just make go away. Though it means that later on God sent his son to die for the peoples sins because he showing that he will still forgive you even if you sin and he made the biggest sacrifice of all.
Over all when this amazing bronze cast door was made for specific reasons and example that had them line up a part of a story from the Old Testament with a story that has similar hidden meanings from a story in the New Testament.