Description of the artwork

This painting makes the most famous section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In this painting, there is Adam on the left and God on the right.

This painting is about the relationship that the creator has forged with his creation. 

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The way the two dominant figures relate and correspond to each other, one can almost see the closeness that Adam has with his creator.

Michelangelo made the Creation of Adam in such a way that the figure of Adam echoes the figure of God, almost as if one is nothing but an extension of the other

("Creation of Adam", n.d.).