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Part of Michelangelo's vast Sistine Chapel ceiling, this fresco shows God reaching out to spark life into Adam through their nearly-touching fingers. The shape framing God has famously been read as a cross-section of the human brain. It remains one of the most reproduced religious images ever made.
The Creation of Adam
- Datec. 1512
- MovementHigh Renaissance
- WhereSistine Chapel, Vatican City
- RegionItaly