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. 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. 2
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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE BOOK OF GENESIS SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING Original Fresco 4
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6 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE CREATION OF ADAM
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8 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE CREATION OF ADAM
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10 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE CREATION OF EVE
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12 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE CREATION OF EVE
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14 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE TEMPTATION
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16 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE TEMPTATION
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18 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE EXPULSION FROM GARDEN OF EDEN
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20 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE EXPULSION FROM GARDEN OF EDEN
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FULL MOSAIC COMPOSITION 560 cm 220 1/2 " 360 cm 141 3/4 " 400 cm 157 1/2 " 3000 cm 1181 1/8 " 22
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