L'Adamo; sacra rappresentazione
L'Adamo is a 1617 Italian sacred drama by Giovanni Battista Andreini, published in Milan by Geronimo Bordoni and illustrated with engravings after Carlo Antonio Procaccini, intended as a printed version of a religious stage performance. The engravings are small, crisp black-and-white plates with framed scenes of devils, Eden-like gardens, and angelic figures. A designer could draw on their dense hellish crowds, the fluttering wings and clouds, and the flat, theatrical staging with receding tiled floors.
