William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and ‘The Last Judgment.’ ...

Among them, The Creation of Adam stands out, depicting the poignant moment of God's touch giving life to man. Michelangelo's letters from that period revealed how the extreme physical strain ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in ... The “iconic” image of God creating Adam also features a woman, thought to be Eve The chapel’s central, ceiling image of God creating Adam, with ...

During the Renaissance in Italy, there was only one: Michelangelo ... right arm of God as it is in the chapel ceiling’s famous central panel depicting the “Creation of Adam.” ...

In Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam," reclining Adam, his left hand listlessly outstretched, awaits God's animating touch. The famous fresco forms the centerpiece ...