Oil Paintings Reproductions

About The Artist - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564)

Michelangelo, an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, poet, engineer, and architect, was the greatest living artist during his time and is now considered as one of the greatest artists in the world.

About The Painting - The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo has given the world two of the most influential works of art ever! His frescoes on the ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome – The Last Judgment on the altar wall, and scenes from Genesis – are iconic and resplendent in their theme, style, technique, and use of color.

The Creation of Adam, painted in 1511, is a brilliant fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. The Creation of Adam is an illustrated story from the Book of Genesis that shows God the Father breathing life into Adam, the first man. Chronologically listed at number four in the series of fresco panels illustrating episodes from Genesis on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, The Creation of Adam was the last to have been completed.

This painting is without a doubt one of the most famous and revered in the world.

In The Creation of Adam, God the Father has been shown as an old and bearded man who is clothed in a swirling cloak that is also covering some cherubim. God’s left arm is wrapped around a female form, which most believe is an incompletely formed Eve and is waiting in Heaven to be given a human shape like Adam.

God’s right arm is outstretched to bestow the “spark of life” from his finger to Adam’s, who has his left arm extended reflecting God’s. But Michelangelo left a slight gap between God’s and Adam’s fingers. Michelangelo also painted God and Adam in similar poses; for ex. God’s right leg and Adam’s right leg positions are almost identical and reflect the Genesis 1:27 teaching that “God created man in his own image.”