WIP Stage 3 "masterpieces to THE MASTER"
The
Creation of Adam is a fresco painting
by Michelangelo, forming part of the Sistine Chapel
Ceiling, painted circa 1511–1512.
The image of the near-touching hands of God and
Adam has become iconic of humanity and has been reproduced in countless
imitations and parodies.
The Creation of Adam is
generally thought to depict the excerpt "God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him" (Gen. 1:27)
This is a mere attempt at an image created by one
of the greatest artists of all time.
This stage of the overall piece brings another
iconic image, that of the “Praying Hands” by Albrecht Durer, c. 1508, 11 ½” x 7
¾”.
It was Durer that art historians recognize as initiating the Renaissance
to the north.
The hands were a sketch for a larger painting and were those of an
unnamed Apostle in that work. Medical analysis suggests that through their
pathological features they express humanity’s suffering and dependence on
divine aid. One physician has proposed that the hands have Dupuytren’s
Contracture, a genetic disease that causes contracture of the fingers. When I
told my wife, who has this disease, that this was proposed she said “even
through all the pain I can still pray just like this.” I think it will become
her mainstay as she suffers with this incurable and very painful disease,
relying on the strength that only God can give.
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