Friday, July 21, 2006

Oasis of Eternity – Michelangelo 2: The Creation of Adam



The painting is done by Michelangelo in 1511 on the ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome. Eve, appeared in Adam's left leg. Besides his expertise in arts, his human anatomy’s knowledge could not be under estimate. In 1990, a physician named Frank Lynn Meshberger noted that the background figures and shapes portrayed behind the God appeared to be an anatomically accurate picture of the human brain, including the frontal lobe, optic chiasm, brain stem, pituitary gland and the major sulci of the cerebrum. Also, the red cloth around the God has the shape of human uterus and the green scarf hanging could be a cut umbilical cord.

1 comment:

L said...

beautiful!