the Book of
Genesis
REMADE BY
MICHELANGELO’S BOOK OF GENESIS
ITALIA
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
The Creation of Adam is a fresco
painting by Michelangelo,
forming part of the Sistine Chapel
ceiling, painted circa 1511–1512.
It illustrates the Biblical creation
narrative from the Book of
Genesis in which God breathes
life into Adam, the first man.
The fresco is part of a complex
iconographic scheme and is
chronologically the fourth in
the series of panels depicting
episodes from Genesis.
The image of the near-touching
hands of God and Adam has
become iconic of humanity.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper
and Michelangelo’s Creation of
Adam are the most replicated
religious paintings of all time.
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), was an
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and
engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted
an unparalleled influence on the development
of Western art. Despite making few forays
beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines
he took up was of such a high order that he is
often considered a contender for the title of
the archetypal Renaissance man, along with
his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo was considered the greatest
living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then
he has been held to be one of the greatest artists
of all time. A number of his works in painting,
sculpture, and architecture rank among the
most famous in existence. His output in every
field during his long life was prodigious; when
the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches,
and reminiscences that survive is also taken
into account, he is the best-documented artist
of the 16th century.
Two of his best-known works, the Pietà
and David, were sculpted before he turned
thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting,
Michelangelo also created two of the most
influential works in fresco in the history of
Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the
ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall
of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect,
Michelangelo pioneered the Mannerist style
at the Laurentian Library. At the age of 74 he
succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as
the architect of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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THE BOOK OF GENESIS · SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING
Original “Fresco”
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THE CREATION OF ADAM
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THE CREATION OF ADAM
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THE CREATION OF EVE
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THE CREATION OF EVE
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THE TEMPTATION
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THE TEMPTATION
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THE EXPULSION FROM GARDEN OF EDEN
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THE EXPULSION FROM GARDEN OF EDEN
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FULL MOSAIC COMPOSITION
360 cm · 141 3/4"
400 cm · 157 1/2"
560 cm · 220 1/2"
3000 cm · 1181 1/8"
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