Inspiration

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

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Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci

artistic inspiration

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

Disambiguation

Inspiration may refer to:

Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production
Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo-Christian theology concerned with the divine origin of the Bible
Inhalation, the movement of air into the lungs

In business:

Inspiration Software, a developer and publisher of visual learning software
- Inspiration (computer program), a visual learning software tool published by Inspiration Software
BT Inspiration, a telephone switchboard
Inspiration CCR, a make of scuba diving rebreather

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