Of all the marvelous images that viewers see while walking into the Sisitine Chapel are the immensely complex murals painted on the Sistine Ceiling. The Creation of Adam is undoubtedly the one which has most deeply impressed posterity. No wonder, these paintings are on the top of the ranking lists in the entire history of visual art. No longer standing upon earth with closed eyes and mantle, the Lord floats through the heavens. He extends His forefinger, about to touch that of Adam who is barely able as yet to lift his hand. The divine form is convex. The incipient contact about to take place between the two index fingers has often been described as a spark or a current. That of a modern electrical metaphor to the sixteenth century. Genesis
