Ultra HD Master (4 256 × 2 843 px)
Renaissance
c. 1512
The Creation of Adam
Original title: La creazione di Adamo
Michelangelo
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Fresco
Dimensions:
280 cm × 570 cm
Date of Creation:
c. 1512
Scan Resolution:
4 256 × 2 843 px
Archive File Size:
4.8 MB
Permanent Collection:
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
Historical Narrative
The monumental central panel of the Sistine Chapel ceiling illustrating the biblical narrative in which God breathes life into Adam as their index fingers almost touch.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"Celebrated for its monumental anatomical power. The divine mantle echoes the shape of a human brain or heart, harmonizing Renaissance theology with humanist anatomy."
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