Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes

Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes. Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508–1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536–1541 C.E. Fresco.

• AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD; FRESCOES FOR POPE JULIUS; SCENES OF OLD TESTAMENT; DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS; CREATION OF EARTH AND THE HEAVENS; CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE; EXPULSION OF NOAH FROM EDEN; NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD
• MOST FAMOUS - CREATION OF ADAM, COMPLEX NARRATIVES; SHIFT IN STYLE AFTER A BREAK; TELLS STORY OF THE GENESIS, COMPLETED IN 1512