Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Creation of Adam, Michelangelo


Title: Creation of Adam
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1508-12
Location: Sistine Chapel Cieling, Vatican, Rome

  • Idea of hand transferring life is used
  • Adam naked but God clothed
  • Adam is alone, God is accompanied
  • God's ensemble looks like a brain/womb
  • Adam looks lifeless and impotent
  • God is old and wise but has a rigorous body
  • adams stance mimics God's
  • woman in the back - Eve?
  • population in mind in the background
  • Idea of procreation - adam
  • looks impotent - needs God to be enlivened
  • Michelangelo is interested in the emotional and psychological effects in his subjects - not merely didactic content
  • Song Come Holy Spirit - sung every time papal vote takes place

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