#the creation of adam
The Creation of Adam is arguably the most famous section of Michelangelo’sfrescoSistine Chapel ceiling painted circa 1511–1512. It is traditionally thought to illustrate the Biblicalcreation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. Chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis on the Sistine ceiling, it was among the last to be completed. It is the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels, and its fame as a piece of art is rivaled only by the Mona LisabyLeonardo da Vinci. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become one of the single most iconic images of humanity and has been reproduced in countless imitations and parodies. Along with Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper,The Creation of Adam and the other Sistine Chapel panels are the most replicated religious paintings of all time.
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Botticelli, Sandro. The Virgin and Child with Saint John and an Angel. c. 1490, tempura on wood. Main collection.
Raphael.The Sistine Madonna. 1513-1514, oil on canvas. Dresden.
Bouguereau, William A. The Madonna of the Lilies. 1899, oil on canvas. Private collection.
Michelangelo.The Creation of Adam. 1512, fresco. Rome.
Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo. Lucrezia Sommaria. 1510, oil on panel. Widener Collection.
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