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  1. Mar 7, 2022 · One of the most talked about frescoes within the Sistine Chapel is Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam’, illustrating God reaching out and touching the finger of Adam to give him the gift of life. It is a complex scene with many layers of symbolism, prompting many to ask what the deeper meaning is behind this breath-taking work of art.

    • Rosie Lesso
  2. God's right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own finger into that of Adam, whose left arm is extended in a pose mirroring God's, a reminder that God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness" ( Gen. 1:26 ).

  3. Jun 21, 2022 · The Creation of Adam painting is the most outstanding fresco out of the nine central panels on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The hands of God and Adam are dramatically frozen in time, as if at any moment, the world will explode when their fingertips touch.

    • Alicia du Plessis
    • ( Author And Art History Expert )
  4. He extends His forefinger, about to touch that of Adam, who reclines on the barren coast of earth, barely able as yet to lift his hand. The divine form is convex, explosive, paternal; the human concave, receptive, and conspicuously impotent.

  5. Jan 4, 2022 · It is not to be supposed that God literally touched the tablets, since God is spirit and has no “fingers”; rather, the phrase the finger of God is an anthropomorphism indicating that God directly caused the commandments to be engraved upon the stone.

  6. The Finger of God. by Jan-Willem and Jannet Scheurwater. The well-known image of the hands of God and Adam is part of the frescos Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508 -1512). God’s finger reaches towards Adam’s finger, almost but not quite touching it.

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