1 | The Creation of Adam Michelangelo (1511) For its first 1,200 years, Christianity followed the line in John’s gospel that stated, “No one has ever seen God” and avoided portraying him. Relaxation of the rule came when he was shown as first a hand, then a face cloaked in cloud, but the Renaissance knew no such restraint. In one of his frescoed panels for the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam contains the most reproduced full-body image of God of all time. -- This ...
1 | The Creation of Adam Michelangelo (1511) For its first 1,200 years, Christianity followed the line in John’s gospel that stated, “No one has ever seen God” and avoided portraying him. Relaxation of the rule came when he was shown as first a hand, then a face cloaked in cloud, but the Renaissance knew no such restraint. In one of his frescoed panels for the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam contains the most reproduced full-body image of God of all time. -- This ...
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