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  • The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo valued at 300 million dollars, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It shows the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. Part of a complex iconographic scheme, and chronologically fourth in a series of panels portraying episodes from Genesis.

    Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam is one of the most replicated religious artwork. In 1505, the newly elected Pope Julius II invited Michelangelo back to Rome. He was commissioned to build the Pope’s tomb, which was to include forty statues and be finished in five years. It took him 40 years to complete, and even then, it was still not completed to his satisfaction. During the same time, Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel in 4 years.

  • The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an Italian Renaissance oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, and probably executed c. 1513–1514. In the artwork, the Madonna, holding Christ Child and flanked by Saint Sixtus and Saint Barbara, stands on clouds before dozens of obscured putti, while two distinctive winged putti rest on their elbows beneath her.

    The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by Raphael.

    The painting was moved to Dresden in 1754 and is well known for its influence on the German and Russian art scenes. 

  • The Death of Adonis is a 1512 Italian renaissance oil on canvas painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, now in the Uffizi in Florence. It was produced initially for Agostino Chigi just after the artist’s arrival in Rome, summoned to assist Chigi in decorating the Villa Chigi. A 1520 inventory of the villa stated it contained “figures of more nude and beautiful women.” The work arrived in Florence in 1587 and was held at the Palazzo Pitti.

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