Forbidden fruit Adam and Eve upon expelling them from the Garden. "By that with which they were made low were they rectified." Since the fig is a long-standing symbol of female sexuality, it enjoyed a run as a favorite understudy to the apple as the forbidden fruit during the Italian Renaissance. The most famous depiction of the fig as the forbidden fruit was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti in his masterpiece fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proponents of the theory that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in what is now known as the Middle East suggest that the fruit was
Adam Sweeting Adam Sweeting Adam Sweeting is a British rock critic and writer. Along started writing in 1979 and then quickly worked for many publications such as "Beat Instrumental", "Trouser Press", Australian magazine "RAM" and "NME". In 1980, he became a feature editor of "Melody Maker". He also briefly collaborated with "Sounds". In 1985, he stopped collaborating with the "Melody Maker" to work for "The Guardian" and also for "Q". He did interviews with musicians such as Kate Bush, Neil Young, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell. Sweeting has written over 800 articles for "The Guardian", including hundreds of obituaries. Since the 2000s,