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Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Ignudi, or nude youths, sit in fictive architecture around these frescoes, and they are accompanied by prophets and sibyls (ancient seers who, according to tradition, foretold the coming of Christ) in the spandrelsThe Creation of Adam (Italian Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c 1508–1512 It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from GenesisThe Sistine Chapel's ceiling restoration began on 7 November 1984 The restoration complete, the chapel was reopened to the public on 8 April 1994 The part of the restoration in the Sistine Chapel that has caused the most concern is the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo Sistine Chapel ...