The Creation of Adam | |
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Creazione di Adamo (Italian) | |
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Artist | Michelangelo |
Year | c. 1512 |
Type | Fresco |
Medium | Ceiling plaster |
Dimensions | 280 cm × 570 cm (9 ft 2 in × 18 ft 8 in)[1] |
Location | Sistine Chapel, Vatican City |
The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo), also known as The Creation of Man[2],: plate 54 is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512.[3] It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.
The painting has been reproduced in countless imitations and parodies.[4] Michelangelo's Creation of Adam is one of the most replicated religious paintings of all time.[5]