Separating light from darkness.
Painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo probably completed this group in the summer of 1512.
This is the final year for the sisteine chaple project painting.
The first of these paintings sets the scene for the drama to come, showing the viewer the artist's vision of the beginning of the universe.
It is one of the five smaller scenes in the center of the Sistine Ceiling that alternate with the four larger ones.
It is the first of nine central panels that hang from the middle of the ceiling and depict scenes from the Book of Genesis.
Michelangelo was known for creating elaborate works of visual representations of biblical stories and narratives, and this piece is part of that theme in his work.

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