The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes. The ceiling and western wall of the Sistine Chapel are adorned with some of the most astonishing paintings in the world created by the famous artist – Michelangelo Buonarroti. The fifth scene in the chronological order of the narrative, The Creation of Eve, is depicted in the centre of the vault of the fifth bay, between two pairs of ignudi with medallions. Michelangelo‘s inestimable frescoed Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the greatest works of art in the world and an important landmark of High Renaissance art. The Temptation of Adam and Eve and the Expulsion The centre of the Sistine Chapel vault is decorated with nine scenes from Genesis, four large and five small ones. Commissioned as a private chapel for the popes in Rome, the Sistine Chapel is the official meeting-place of the Papal court, and is used for daily masses as well as several holy festivals. Media in category "Sistine Chapel ceiling - Creation of Eve" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Michelangelo frescoed this scene right in the center of the ceiling. Since Mary is regarded as the second Eve, who erased the original sin of that first woman, it is logical that the scene representing the Creation of Eve should be placed in the exact centre of the ceiling. The Sistine Chapel ceiling is a sort of summary of the book of Genesis. In contrast to the enormous fame of the image of the Creation of Adam, that of the Creation of Eve has always lived in obscurity. The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Volta della Cappella Sistina), painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The ceiling and western wall of the Sistine Chapel are adorned with some of the most astonishing paintings in the world created by the famous artist – Michelangelo Buonarroti. The Sistine Chapel of the Vatican City, located in its museums, has murals on the ceiling painted by Michelangelo. The centre of the Sistine Chapel vault is decorated with nine scenes from Genesis, four large and five small ones. Three of the episodes describe the Creation, three the story of Adam and Eve, and three tell the story of Noah. Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican Located in the center of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Eve is one of Michelangelo’s less known works, but equally worth of value compared to his other ones. This is the ceiling's first scene in which God appears in the guise of an immensely dignified and wise old man. The Sistine Chapel the Creation of Eve. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1508 and he completed his work in 1512. It is the first story of Genesis to show the figure of God. There is the Story of Noah, that of Adam and Eve, and there is general Story of Creation. The Creation of Adam stands out because the style it is painted in differs from the other frescos. The chapel is most famous for its works of art, which include floor mosaics and frescoes on the walls and ceiling. Located in the center of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Eve is one of Michelangelo’s less known works, but equally worth of value compared to his other ones. In Creation of Eve, Sistine ceiling (1508-12), Michelangelo depicted Eve emerging from the side of a sleeping Adam, whose head and body are supported by the trunk of a crosslike tree, no doubt an allusion to the crucifixion. Media in category "Sistine Chapel ceiling - Creation of Eve" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.