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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   The 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 Genesis. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become iconic of  humanity.  The painting has been reproduced in countless imitations and parodies. [2]  Michelangelo's  Creation of Adam  is one of the most replicated religious paintings of all time, Read more here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam

  Anne Vallayer-Coster   (21 December 1744 – 28 February 1818) was an 18th-century French painter best known for   still lifes . She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the   Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture   in 1770, at the age of twenty-six. [1] Despite the low status that still life painting had at this time, Vallayer-Coster’s highly developed skills, especially in the depiction of flowers, soon generated a great deal of attention from collectors and other artists. [1]  Her “precocious talent and the rave reviews” earned her the attention of the court, where  Marie Antoinette  took a particular interest in Vallayer-Coster's paintings. [1] Her life was determinedly private, dignified and hard-working. She survived the bloodshed of the  Reign of Terror , [2]  but the fall of the French monarchy, who were her primary patrons, caused her reputation to decline. Read more at Wikipedia: ...

Lawyers for Wesley Snipes have filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to examine claims he was wrongly tried, and that prosecutors should have met a higher standard of proof. In December Snipes began serving a three-year sentence at FCI-McKean for failure to file income tax returns. Snipes was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns. Several last minute appeals were denied. Photo from Wikipedia