Material : Fresco
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Indoor Architecture
Fresco (Ceiling)
Vitrine : 2
Area related
Le Vatican (Le Vatican)
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"God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him" (Genesis 1: 27).
The focal point of the episode of the Creation of man is the contact between the fingers of the Creator and those of Adam, through which the breath of life is transmitted. God, supported by angels in flight and wrapped in a mantle, leans towards Adam, shown as a resting athlete, whose beauty seems to confirm the words of the Old Testament, according to which man was created to the image and likeness of God.
The central part of the ceiling shows nine stories of the Genesis, divided into groups of three, relative to the origin of the universe, of man and of evil. The first three episodes (Separation of Light from Darkness: Genesis 1:1-5; Creation of the sun, moon and planets: Genesis 1:11-19; Separation of Land from Sea: Genesis 1,9-10) dominated by the figure of God, Creator of the Universe, are followed by those of the Creation of Adam (Genesis 1:26-27) and of Eve (Genesis 2:18-25), with the figures of man and woman in their nakedness, the symbol of innocence (Genesis 2:25) which will be lost with Original Sin (Genesis 3:1-13), shown in the next panel together with the resulting Banishment from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:22-24). The last three frescoes (The Sacrifice of Noah: Genesis 8:15-20, The Flood: Genesis 6:5-8,20, The Drunkenness of Noah: Genesis 9:20-27) show the fall of mankind and its rebirth with Noah, chosen by God as the only man to be saved for repopulating the earth after the Creator had decided to destroy every living creature in it because of human evil. | Map(s) | |
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Michel-Ange
Article "Michel-Ange" d'Etienne Bricon paru dans La grande encyclopédie : inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts - Paris 1885-1902
Genèse
L'Exode
Les textes sacrés apocryphes
La Bible juive se limitait, au début du Ier siècle, aux cinq rouleaux de la Loi ou Torah, aux rouleaux des grands et petits prophètes, et à celui des psaumes.
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