Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants

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Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants is a fresco panel on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling that portrays God dynamically forming the celestial bodies and vegetation as part of the biblical creation narrative.

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Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork ⓘ
ceiling painting ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
religious artwork ⓘ
artisticStyle dynamic composition ⓘ
monumental figure style ⓘ
artMovement High Renaissance ⓘ
basedOn Genesis 1 ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II ⓘ
conservationStatus restored ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Papal States ⓘ
creator Michelangelo ⓘ
culturalSignificance key work in the Sistine Chapel iconographic program ⓘ
masterpiece of Western art ⓘ
depictionOfGod anthropomorphic ⓘ
depicts Book of Genesis ⓘ
God ⓘ
Moon ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
biblical creation narrative ⓘ
creation of celestial bodies ⓘ
creation of vegetation ⓘ
plants ⓘ
separation of light from darkness ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
hasLanguage none (visual artwork) ⓘ
inception early 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
medium fresco ⓘ
notableFeature contrasting light and darkness ⓘ
division of the pictorial field ⓘ
dramatic gestures of God ⓘ
partOf Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
partOfSeries Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Genesis frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
positionOnCeiling one of the central narrative panels ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
restoration late 20th century Sistine Chapel restoration ⓘ
theme Creation ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
divine power ⓘ

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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes → depicts → Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants ⓘ