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In this study, the painting called "The Original Sin" by Hugo van der Goes, which was made presumably in 1479 was analyzed by using Erwin Panofsky's "Iconographic and Iconological Art Criticism" method. The painting has its place among the valuable works of the Northern Renaissance. Panofsky is an essential art historian and with this method he developed, he stood up for a deep understanding of work by reading it correctly. In line with the iconographic and iconological criticism method, in the analysis of the work, evaluation is made in three parts, which are being natural meaning (factual, expressive meaning), consensus meaning (secondary meaning), and internal meaning (content). The oil painting by Goes, "The Original Sin" tells a story that takes part in the Bible. It depicts an important event for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In the story, Adam and Eve commit the original sin by eating the forbidden fruit and are expelled from heaven. The first finding we deduced concerning the work is this important religious depiction, which we observe at the thematic level that is a natural meaning analysis. Subsequently, the work was analyzed in the wake of analyzing the connotation in the work that constitutes the second part of the method, and finally the inner meaning of the work, which is the third part of the method.

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