When it's not under renovation or closed for some important function, say, electing a new pontiff, the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican should be on any art lover's list of places to visit. Among the magnificent things on view-in this case, up above, on the ceiling-is an early 16th-century fresco by Michelangelo. Arguably, its most famous section is the Creation of Adam, which depicts the Genesis story of life being breathed into the so-called First Man.
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