Michelangelo's The creation of Adam - The painting is one the most famous parts of the monumental Fresco in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. by

The Creation of Adam is a fresco created by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. This work is also known as The Creation of Man. It forms part of the ceiling at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. The fresco measures 480×230 cm.

The fresco shows God, who is full of energy and dynamism, pointing a finger at Adam and thereby instilling life into him. This work is well-known for its powerful imagery. Adam is depicted as a strong, muscular young man who is in center of the composition. God is shown with hair and beard that are streaming due to the sheer force of his power. He is attired in a purple robe and has angels all around him. The focal point of the work is the story about the creation of man. As God touches Adam, he is infused with life. The inspiration for the painting is a biblical story from the Book of Genesis where God breathes life into Adam, the first man.
This particular fresco was among the last of the frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling to be completed.

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The Last Judgment is a famous fresco executed by Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1535 and 1541 in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. The painting measures 1370 cm × 1220 cm and was executed after an order of Pope Clement VII (the execution was planned to last six years, but it actually took sixteen).

Michelangelo returned to Rome in 1532 after several years in Florence after Clement VII pardoned him for taking the side of Charles V. He then asked Michelangelo to paint both walls of the Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgment represents the return of Christ and the apocalypse.

The Crucifixion of St. Peter is a fresco painting Michelangelo Buonarroti executed between 1546-1550. Its dimensions are not less than 625 cm x 662 cm and is located in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace; Vatican City. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter was Micheangelos last fresco.

The work shows the moment just before St. Peter’s martyrdom, when the Roman soldiers raise him on the cross. Pain and suffering are the main aspects highligted by Buonarroti.

Pope Paul ordered this fresco in 1541, the last restoration was finished just in 2009. Just then, a small self portrait of Michelangelo himselv was belived to be found in the painting. Maurizio De Luca, inspector and chief restorer of the Vatican claimed that he had identified Buanorroti as the figure wearing a blue turban among one of three riders in the top left of the fresco.