Creation of Adam is a famous fresco painting by Italian painter Michelangelo and this website is devoted to this influential and highly respected religious art work. You can find images of the Creation of Adam Michelangelo painting below, including a detailed version of the main focus of the work. There is also some discussion of the Creation of Eve accompanying art work which was also created by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel as a fresco. Those interested can also find Michelangelo paintings here.
Michelangelo was a highly influential member of the Italian Renaissance art work who was skilled in many different fields in a similar way to fellow creative figure, Leonardo da Vinci. During the Renaissance period Michelangelo was seen as one of the best choices for high paying commissions and this led to his extensive work in the Sistine Chapel where he would decorate it's ceiling to incredible detail. The work was completed within the 16th century. Creation of Adam is just one part of this huge fresco but it is regarded as one of the most important and artistically impressive parts of the whole work.
Creation of Adam is a famous religious moment in the teachings of Christianity which remains strong within Italy. The painting captures the scene of God breathing life into Adam who was to become the first man and was later joined together with Eve who helped to start off the human race as we know it. Adam and Eve have been featured in endless paintings with a high frequency coming during these Renaissance periods when religion was even more influential within society.
The connection in this painting between the fingers of Adam and God, which symbolises the spark of life being created, is very popular in it's own right for some who actually prefer this cropped version of the larger work and often buy it as an art print reproduction to add to their own home, or alternatively as a poster or stretched canvas. The panel to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which includes this work came towards the end of the overall installation of the completed art work.
Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel is amongst the biggest tourist attractions within Italy and has been for many years, with regular work being completed in order to ensure that the extraordinary fresco does not become damaged over time, having already covered the past 500 years. Few art installations have been around as long as this, and given as much inspiration to so many which is why it continues to attract respect and appreciation from art academics and the public in equal measures.
All of the Creation of Adam images within this website are accompanied by links which will take you straight through to our recommended Art.com gallery that hosts a great collection of giclee art prints, posters and stretched canvases of Michelangelo's works with many different versions of the Creation of Adam fresco ready to buy. We use Art.com ourselves and are more than happy to recommend them to you, particularly as they have such a wide selection of Creation of Adam prints available and they also give a great service too.
Michelangelo created four panels within the Sistine Chapel, depicting episodes from the Christian book of Genesis and these extracts are still very well known within the continuing population of Christians who remains great in number across Europe and in large parts of most other continents as well. Italian art in general has become seen as spearheading all of Europe during the Renaissance periods and the developments in art which happened here were crucial in moving towards all the contemporary movements which we enjoy today.
The Creation of Adam has become an iconic image which almost everyone recognises, without necessarily knowing who the original artist was or what the actual meaning of the piece was. It can quite reasonably claim to be as well known as other significant paintings and frescos such as Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Michelangelo also created the David sculpture when demonstrating a similarly impressive spread of skills to match fellow-artist Leonardo da Vinci.
Creation of Adam prints are regularly purchased right across the world today thanks to the spread of popularity in Italian art from the 15th and 16th centuries where it played a crucial role in bringing in new ideas and techniques to European art that breathed new life into otherwise relatively stale art that existed around the Middle Ages. It is particularly in American and Christian countries across Europe which celebrate the beauty of the Creation of Adam fresco.
We hope that you appreciate Creationofadam.org and we hope to develop this website over the coming years, with more information on the fresco itself, the Sistine Chapel as well as the artist Michelangelo. We also want to translate the site into different languages as it expands to, to help reflect the true international audience which surrounds this extraordinary piece of 16th century Italian art work.
Please see below for a summarised list of the best Michelangelo paintings that are featured throughout this website.
Disclaimer: Creationofadam.org is a fan website dedicated to the paintings and art prints produced by famous artists which covered the subject of the Creation of Adam, and is in no way an official website for any of the painters included, nor does it claim to be. The Estate of each artist and their presence hold all necessary copyrights and licences for all of his paintings and other works. All Creation of Adam prints, paintings and photos included in Creationofadam.org are provided as an affiliate to Art.com who hold necessary permissions.