''The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants'' (sometimes ''The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Vegetation'' or ''The Creation of the Sun and the Moon'') is one of the

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

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Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

's nine Books of Genesis scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It is the second scene in the chronological sequence on the ceiling, depicting the third and fourth day of the Creation narrative together in one panel. On the left side of the painting God is depicted from ''behind'', extending his arm towards a bush, alluding to the plant world. On the right side another image of God points towards the Sun with his right hand and toward the faint Moon with his left. His face expresses the force needed for the creation of the abode of living beings. The abstract patterns of drapery emphasise the motion of both figures of God. ''The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants'' is featured on the postage stamps of Vatican City (issue of 1994) and India (issue of 1975). Michelangelo Buonarroti 018

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Creation of the Sun, Moon and Planets Sistine Chapel ceiling 1511 paintings Paintings depicting Hebrew Bible themes Paintings of gods Moon in art Sun in art God the Father in art

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