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-[[Image:Hands of God and Adam.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Hands of God and Adam]]'' ([[1500s]]) by [[Michelangelo]]]]+[[Image:Hands of God and Adam.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Hands of God and Adam]]'' (1500s) is a detail of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. The detail is from the Adam and Eve cycle]]
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-''[[Hands of God and Adam]]'' ([[1500s]]) is a detail of the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling ]] by [[Michelangelo]]+''[[Hands of God and Adam]]'' ([[1500s]]) is a detail of the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling ]] by [[Michelangelo]]. It is a detail from [[Adam and Eve on the Sistine Chapel ceiling|Adam and Eve cycle]].
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 +God's right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own [[finger]] into that of Adam, whose left arm is extended in a pose mirroring God's, a reminder that man is created in the image and likeness of God. Adam's finger and God's finger are not touching. It gives the impression that God, the giver of life, is reaching out to Adam who receives it; they are not on "the same level" as would be two humans shaking hands, for instance.
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Hand of God (art)]]
 +*[[The Creation of Adam]]
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Hands of God and Adam (1500s) is a detail of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. The detail is from the Adam and Eve cycle
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Hands of God and Adam (1500s) is a detail of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. It is a detail from Adam and Eve cycle.

God's right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own finger into that of Adam, whose left arm is extended in a pose mirroring God's, a reminder that man is created in the image and likeness of God. Adam's finger and God's finger are not touching. It gives the impression that God, the giver of life, is reaching out to Adam who receives it; they are not on "the same level" as would be two humans shaking hands, for instance.

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