Creation of Adam

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The Creation of Adam is a renowned fresco by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, famous for its iconic image of God reaching out to give life to the first man.

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Creation of Adam canonical 1
Creation of man 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
fresco
religious painting
artForm mural painting
artHistoricalSignificance iconic image of human creation
basedOn Book of Genesis
colorPalette vibrant Renaissance colors
commissionedBy Pope Julius II
completionDate circa 1512
country Vatican City
creator Michelangelo
culturalSignificance one of the most reproduced religious paintings in history
depicts Adam
Book of Genesis
surface form: Book of Genesis creation narrative

God
biblical scene
depictsEvent creation of the first man
depictsFigure the Father
surface form: God the Father

angelic figures
nude Adam
depictsMoment God giving life to Adam
genre Christian art
religious art
hasIconicElement gap between the fingers of God and Adam
outstretched arm of Adam
outstretched arm of God
hasInfluenced Western religious iconography
popular culture imagery of creation
inception circa 1511
languageOfWork visual art
locatedInBuilding Apostolic Palace
locatedOn ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
location Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
materialUsed fresco technique
medium buon fresco
movement High Renaissance
notableFeature central panel on Sistine Chapel ceiling
nearly touching hands of God and Adam
partOf Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
partOfSeries Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
surface form: Genesis cycle on Sistine Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
period Italian Renaissance painting
surface form: Italian High Renaissance
religion Christianity
subjectHeading Creation of Adam self-linksurface differs
surface form: Creation of man
usesPerspective foreshortening
usesTechnique chiaroscuro

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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes hasPart Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: The Creation of Adam
Sistine Chapel hasArtwork Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: The Creation of Adam
Creation of Adam subjectHeading Creation of Adam self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: Creation of man