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
Elizabeth Sweeting Elizabeth Sweeting Elizabeth Sweeting (1914–1999) was a leader in performing arts and arts administration in England and Australia. She was born 19 November 1914 in London. After receiving a scholarship she graduated from Royal Holloway College, University of London, with a BA(Hons) and a master's degree. Sweeting joined English Opera Group in 1947 as their deputy manager. Concurrently she became general manager of the Aldeburgh Festival. Living in Oxford for 30 years, she was general manager of the Oxford Playhouse between 1956 and 1961, subsequently acting as secretary till 1976. Sweeting devoted many years to caring for her mother, who