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an old black and white photo of a man with a beard

Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel, Renaissance, Art: The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes. It already contained distinguished wall paintings, and Michelangelo was asked to add works for the relatively unimportant ceiling. The Twelve Apostles was planned as the theme—ceilings normally showed only individual figures, not dramatic scenes. Traces of this…

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an angel statue sitting on top of a wooden table next to a black background,

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two hands reaching out towards each other

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the creation of adam and eve in an old painting

The Creation of Adam + Trump is a very ingenius work of art by Michelangelo (The Orange Ninja Turtle). It is located in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is famous because to draw it, Michelangelo had to either A) endure extreme back pain as he looked up in an awkward manner, or B) work in a zero gravity chamber.

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two hands reaching out towards each other with their fingers extended in the same direction, against a black background

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man

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