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The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo), also known as The Creation of Man, [2]: plate 54 is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508 –1512. [3] It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the ...
[20] [12] The Sistine Chapel's ceiling is a shallow barrel vault around 35 metres (118 feet) long and around 14 m (46 ft) broad. [14] The chapel's windows cut into the vault's curve, producing a row of lunettes alternating with spandrels. [14]
The Sistine Chapel (/ ˈ s ɪ s t iː n / SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City.
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.
On the ground floor, just underneath the Golgotha chapel, is the Chapel of Adam. [79] According to tradition, Jesus was crucified over the place where Adam's skull was buried. [79] According to some, the blood of Christ ran down the cross and through the rocks to fill Adam's skull. [81]
The Sacro Monte at Varallo comprises the minor basilica [1] and 45 chapels, either isolated or inserted into the large monumental complexes Nazareth, Bethlehem, Pilate’s house, Calvary, Sepulchre and Parella’s house – populated by more than 800 life size painted statues, in wood and terracotta, that dramatically illustrate the life, passion, death and resurrection of Christ.
Click through to see depictions of Jesus throughout history: ... a 12-year-old Jesus appeared. Still, these predictions aren't based on much evidence as The New Testament of the Holy Bible doesn't ...
Between May 1508 and the summer of 1511, he completed the "entrance half" of the Sistine chapel and ended this stage by painting the Creation of Eve and the scenes flanking this central panel. After an idle period of about 6 months, he painted the "altar half," starting with the Creation of Adam, between the winter of 1511 and October 1512.