Creation of Adam

Creation of Adam

(Genesis 1: 26-27)

God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him. (Genesis 1: 27)

 

The focal point of the episode of the Creation of man is the contact between the fingers of the Creator and those of Adam, through which the breath of life is transmitted. God, supported by angels in flight and wrapped in a mantle, leans towards Adam, shown as a resting athlete, whose beauty seems to confirm the words of the Old Testament, according to which man was created to the image and likeness of God.