Creation of Eve

E314269

Creation of Eve is a fresco by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling that portrays the biblical moment when God brings Eve forth from Adam, emphasizing divine creation and human origins.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Creation of Eve canonical 2
Creation of Adam and Eve 1
Creazione di Eva 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artForm ceiling painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important work of High Renaissance religious imagery ⓘ
key example of Michelangelo’s anatomical idealization ⓘ
artisticStyle dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ
monumental figuration ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
biblical creation narrative ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II ⓘ
conservationStatus restored in late 20th century as part of Sistine Chapel restoration ⓘ
conveysTheme divine creation ⓘ
human origins ⓘ
relationship between God and humanity ⓘ
country Vatican City State ⓘ
linked to: Vatican City
creator Michelangelo ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic Church ⓘ
depicts Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
God the Father ⓘ
linked to: the Father
genre Christian art ⓘ
biblical painting ⓘ
hasIconography Eve emerging from Adam’s side ⓘ
God as a powerful bearded figure ⓘ
hasMedium pigments on wet plaster ⓘ
hasPerspective illusionistic ceiling composition ⓘ
hasSubject Old Testament narrative ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Creation of Eve ⓘ
hasTitleInItalian Creazione di Eva ⓘ
linked to: Creation of Eve
inception circa 1510 ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
influenced later depictions of the creation of Eve in Western art ⓘ
isPartOf Vatican Museums collection ⓘ
linked to: Vatican Museums
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Apostolic Palace ⓘ
location Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
movement High Renaissance ⓘ
paintedByHand Michelangelo ⓘ
partOf Sistine Chapel ceiling ⓘ
portraysMoment God bringing Eve forth from Adam ⓘ
positionInProgram one of the central Genesis scenes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
series Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sistine Chapel → hasArtwork → The Creation of Eve ⓘ
linked to: Creation of Eve
Creation of Eve → hasTitleInItalian → Creazione di Eva ⓘ
linked to: Creation of Eve
Creation of Eve → hasTitleInEnglish → Creation of Eve ⓘ
Bernward Doors → depicts → Creation of Adam and Eve ⓘ
linked to: Creation of Eve