The Creation of Adam ( Italian: La creazione di Adamo ) is a fresco by Michelangelo painted around 1511.
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| Michelangelo Buonarroti | ||
| Creation of Adam . OK. 1511 | ||
| La creazione di adamo | ||
| fresco. 280 × 570 cm | ||
| Sistine Chapel , Vatican | ||
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Description
The fresco is the fourth of the nine central compositions of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel , dedicated to nine subjects of the book of Genesis . The fresco illustrates the episode:
| And God created man in His own image ( Genesis 1:27 ) |
“The Creation of Adam” is one of the most outstanding compositions of the Sistine Chapel. In infinite space God the Father flies surrounded by wingless angels, with a fluttering white tunic. The right hand is extended towards Adam's hand and almost touches it. The body of Adam lying on a green rock gradually begins to move, awakens to life. The whole composition is concentrated on a gesture of two hands. The hand of God gives an impulse, and the hand of Adam receives it, giving the whole body vital energy. By the fact that their hands do not touch, Michelangelo emphasized the impossibility of combining the divine and the human. In the image of God, according to the artist, not a miraculous beginning, but a giant creative energy prevails. In the image of Adam, Michelangelo celebrates the strength and beauty of the human body. In fact, it is not the creation of man that appears before us, but the moment at which he receives his soul , the passionate search for the divine, the thirst for knowledge.
Analysis
Michelangelo had a well-documented work experience in human anatomy. An American physician, Frank Meshberger ( Anderson, Indiana) discovered in 1990, according to the journal of the American Medical Association , that the creation of Adam in the fresco of God in fact depicts the anatomically accurate structure of the human brain [ 1] [2] .
On closer examination, the boundaries in the picture correspond with the main grooves in the brain in the inner and outer surfaces of the brain, brain stem , in the frontal lobe , basilar artery, in the pituitary gland and in the visual intersection . [1] [3] [2] . This is also briefly described in the final tenth episode of the first season of the television series “ Wild West World ”, 2016 [2] .
Sources
- Gallico S. Vatican. - Rome: ATS Italia Editrice, 2006 .-- S. 112. - 160 p. - ISBN 88-7571-066-X .
- Heusinger L. Michelangelo . - M .: Slovo, 1996 .-- S. 31—32.
- Creation of Adam . Archived February 3, 2015.
Literature
- Day, Fergus & Williams, David (ed.) (1998). Art: A World History
- Meshberger, Frank Lynn. "An Interpretation of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Based on Neuroanatomy," JAMA. October 10, 1990; 264 (14): 1837-41.
- Stokes, Adrian (1955). Michelangelo: A Study in the Nature of Art
- Letters in comment: JAMA. March 6, 1991; 265 (9): 1111.
See also
- Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Meshberger, Frank Lynn. An Interpretation of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Based on Neuroanatomy (Eng.) // Journal of the American Medical Association : journal. - 1990 .-- October 10 ( vol. 264 , no. 14 ). - P. 1837-1841 . - DOI : 10.1001 / jama.1990.03450140059034 . - PMID 2205727 . Pdf . Excerpt on Mental Health & Illness.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Rachel Becker. Does the Michelangelo painting in the Westworld finale really show a brain - or is it a uterus? (eng.) . The Verge (December 6, 2016). Date of treatment December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Fields, R. Douglas Michelangelo's secret message in the Sistine Chapel: A juxtaposition of God and the human brain . Scientific American (May 27, 2010). Date of treatment June 9, 2016.