and show importance here. Adam’s hand is very limp and appears as if he’s patiently waiting for God to touch him. God’s index finger is reaching out straight to Adam to give him like. “For Michelangelo, the goal was not just to show a scene from Genesis, but to breathe new life into the image and make it feel as if it is happening now.” This piece was painted to show God giving life to Adam in a way that is very different than other artists would have done. The Creation of Adam helped set Michelangelo’s reputation as one of the world’s greatest artist/sculptor. The painting in the Sistine Chapel contains over 300 figures from the Book of Genesis and remains one of the finest examples of one man's physical, intellectual and artistic achievement.
