Thursday, January 14, 2016

Vatican City: The Creation of Adam

This is my first postcard from Vatican City -  The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo!

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1511–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. It is the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels, and its fame as a masterpiece of art is rivaled only by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.


The stamp is Christmas (from a set of two), issued on 19.11.2015.


Thank You very much, Luca!


2 comments:

  1. Nice blog, if you wish, I invite you to visit my blog about postcards www.postalesenmibuzon.blogspot.com

    Greetings from Spain

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  2. Emilio, thank you for visiting my blog. I love to see various postcard blogs, so i will gladly visit your blog ;)

    Brane :)

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