Naked Body In Genesis
In Genesis, the naked body is something considered to be ashamed of by Adam and Eve, but not “bad”. The bodies of Adam and Eve were created and given by the Lord God, which is a pure and good being. In the Sarcophagus of Junius and Bassus, we can find Adam and Eve in a lower section between two columns. The reliefs of them are both looking down in a contrapposto position, holding a fig leaf with two hands to cover their own genitals, standing on two sides of the tree, in the opposite direction with no communication with each other. This narrative representation coincides how Eve was described in Genesis, being really ashamed of her naked body after they ate the forbidden fruit on the tree of knowledge. This shame was derived from their sin