La creacin de Adn es el fresco ms conocido de las pinturas de arte
realizadas por Miguel ngel Buonarroti en la Capilla Sixtina. Otra obra de pintura tan reproducida y asimilada por la cultura popular que sorprende cuando se ve por primera vez en su contexto rodeada de otros tantos frescos que ilustran fragmentos de la Biblia. El gesto de aproximacin entre las manos de Dios y Adn es tan reconocible que existen multitud de referencias y parodias de esta pintura famosa.
The Creation of Adam
The creation of Adam is the best known fresco of the paintings of art made by Michelangelo Buonarroti in the Sistine Chapel. Another work of painting so reproduced and assimilated by popular culture that surprises when seen for the first time in its context surrounded by other frescoes that illustrate fragments of the Bible. The gesture of approximation between the hands of God and Adam is so recognizable that there are many references and parodies of this famous painting.
'The Creation of Adam' (1510), Michelangelo Buonarroti. Fresh, 280 x 570 cm. Sistine Chapel, Vatican.