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//The Creation of Adam// Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam was created by Michelangelo circa 1511 after being commissioned to paint the roof of the Sistine Chapel. The painting illustrates the story of Genesis and God giving life to man. In this painting, Adam is the ideal young man based on classical Greek and Roman values. Adam is physically alive but lacks the human spirit that will come once God touches him. The fingers nearly touching leaves the painting electric in tension and creates structure. God and Adam mirror each others position which portrays that Man is created to resemble God. It is thought that the woman who God has his arm around is Adams future wife Eve. This painting is one of the most recognizable in the Western world and is still parodied to this day.

In pictura est multum rubri (in the picture is many colors). In pictura est vir pulcherimus qui amat feminis (in the picture is a most beautiful man who loves women). In pictura est solus multus (in the picture is much sun). In pictura vir est vivus (in the picture the man is alive). In pictura est animi motus ( in the picture is passion). vir est lacertosus (the man is muscular). vir tangtetigit deo (a man touched by god). creatum novi animaliae et viri, deus erat perfectus (creating strange animals and men, god was perfect). Multus feminae circumdo deum(many women surround god). alba nubes in caelum (white clouds in the sky). digitis tangtactum digitem (digits touching digits). herbae mollior quam saxi (grass more soft than the rocks). Virorum cutis sunt tractabilis ( the mens' skin is palpable). deus observebat hominem (god is watching mankind). amandum deo esse, homines vincit omnia (loving to be with god, mankind conquers all).

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