Michelangelo's Creation Of Adam And God

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My favorite work from these two chapters is Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. This masterpiece was created at the Sistine Chapen in Vatican, Rome in 1510 and I like this piece because of the strong connection he creates between the Adam and God. Michelangelo wanted to create an analogy between Adam and God, representing the father of humankind and God, the Father. In his work of art, Adam and God are facing each other, posed with their right legs in almost identical positions, along parallel diagonals. There is a green ribbon waving around in God's area that is similar to the green ground that Adam lays upon; with this, Michelangelo created a stronger connected between the two in his

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