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A masterpiece: 'The Creation of Adam'

June 22, 2016

In Michelangelo's fresco "The Creation of Adam" in Rome's Sistine Chapel, the fingers of God and Adam almost touch. The detail now adorns kitsch postcards and cheap souvenirs.

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A masterpiece: 'The Creation of Adam'

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