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Who painted it?
Who painted “The Creation of Adam”?
“The Creation of Adam” was painted by Michelangelo in 1511. Where to see it: Vatican Museums.
High Renaissance · Fresco
What to look for
Michelangelo: muscular, twisting bodies like sculpture in paint, heroic nudes, strong outlines and bright, almost acid colour in his frescoes.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Wikipedia
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More by Michelangelo
- “The Last Judgment”, 1536–1541
- “Doni Tondo”, 1505–1506
- “David”, 1501–1504
- “Pietà (Michelangelo)”, 1499
- “The Torment of Saint Anthony”, 1487
- “Moses”, 1513–1515
- “Bacchus”, 1497
- “Rondanini Pietà”, 1564