Creation of Eve

E314269

Creation of Eve is a fresco by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling that portrays the biblical moment when God brings Eve forth from Adam, emphasizing divine creation and human origins.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Creation of Eve canonical 2
Creation of Adam and Eve 1
Creazione di Eva 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artForm ceiling painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important work of High Renaissance religious imagery ⓘ
key example of Michelangelo’s anatomical idealization ⓘ
artisticStyle dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ
monumental figuration ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
biblical creation narrative ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II ⓘ
conservationStatus restored in late 20th century as part of Sistine Chapel restoration ⓘ
conveysTheme divine creation ⓘ
human origins ⓘ
relationship between God and humanity ⓘ
country Vatican City ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City State
creator Michelangelo ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
depicts Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
the Father ⓘ
surface form: God the Father
genre Christian art ⓘ
biblical painting ⓘ
hasIconography Eve emerging from Adam’s side ⓘ
God as a powerful bearded figure ⓘ
hasMedium pigments on wet plaster ⓘ
hasPerspective illusionistic ceiling composition ⓘ
hasSubject Old Testament narrative ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Creation of Eve self-link ⓘ
hasTitleInItalian Creation of Eve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Creazione di Eva
inception circa 1510 ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
influenced later depictions of the creation of Eve in Western art ⓘ
isPartOf Vatican Museums ⓘ
surface form: Vatican Museums collection
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Apostolic Palace ⓘ
location Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
movement High Renaissance ⓘ
paintedByHand Michelangelo ⓘ
partOf Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
portraysMoment God bringing Eve forth from Adam ⓘ
positionInProgram one of the central Genesis scenes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
series Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sistine Chapel → hasArtwork → Creation of Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Creation of Eve
Creation of Eve → hasTitleInItalian → Creation of Eve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creazione di Eva
Creation of Eve → hasTitleInEnglish → Creation of Eve self-link ⓘ
Bernward Doors → depicts → Creation of Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creation of Adam and Eve