The Creation of Adam, c.1510By Michelangelo Buonarroti

By Michelangelo Buonarroti

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The Art

Sistine Chapel Ceiling Creation of Adam fresco post restoration Buonarroti Michelangelo Vatican Museums and Galleries Vatican City The Bridgeman Art Library

Impassioned, awe-inspiring grandeur and fervent spirituality emanate from Renaissance genius Michelangelo Buonarroti’s “The Creation of Adam,” the pinnacle of his artistic achievement which he painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. One of nine narrative scenes depicting events from Genesis, the fresco, commissioned by Pope Julius II, gloriously depicts the creative flash that transmitted life and love into Adam. Michelangelo (1475 – 1564), who used his mastery of human anatomy and movement to make the figures more lifelike, was also a sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.

This giclée print delivers a vivid image with maximum color accuracy and exceptional resolution. The standard for museums and galleries around the world, giclée is a printing process where millions of ink droplets are “sprayed” onto high-quality paper. With the great degree of detail and smooth transitions of color gradients, giclée prints appear much more realistic than other reproduction prints. The high-quality paper (235 gsm) is acid free with a smooth surface.

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The Artist

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564) was an extraordinary Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor who was also profoundly versed in architecture, poetry and engineering. Michelangelo was so intellectually diverse that he was in contention with Leonardo da Vinci for the title of Renaissance Man. Michelangelo possessed a mastery of human anatomy and movement which imparted his work with a strikingly lifelike quality. The pinnacles of his achievements were the sculptures, “Pietà” and “David,” which he completed before he was 30, and the magnificent Sistine Chapel ceiling, which took four years to finish and contained over 300 figures. Creating enduring masterpieces in numerous media, Michelangelo was the first artist to be the subject of two biographies in his lifetime.

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