2006-06-10 00:03:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Like most painters of that time, Michaelangelo painted from models. He painted representations of what famous icons might have looked like, but it was heavily influenced by the model. If you notice, most are depicted as Caucasian, but it is most likely that Adam and others were of darker skin from that Arabian region where the Garden of Eden would have been.
2006-06-10 00:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by torreyc73 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the church at the time wanted to drop the belly button
for this reason, but Michaelangelo insisted on keeping it,
at the end, he won out on that argument, but there are a lot of other paintings from the period that show Adam without the button.
The argument for dropping the button you already said. The argument for keeping it, is because Adam, and probably eve, were the models of mankind as it should be, and everybody else is made in their image, which should include a belly button. God, in his wisdom, knew what people should look like when he made them, so he put in the belly button, no extra charge. Also, we are supposed to be made in the image of God, right? in the picture, God has a bellybutton too, under the clothing :).
2006-06-10 07:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by asaaiki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michaelangelo didn't paint him from life, so Michaelangelo didn't really know if he had a belly button or not and just put in what was most familiar to him.
2006-06-10 16:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without committing the heresy of saying that your bible is wrong, might I suggest a different possible interpretation. The bible makes distinctions between humans and animals. One of the distinctions is that humans are the masters of nature. At some point in human history, some hunter/gatherer had to have invented agriculture, and within the mythology of certain religions, that person was named Adam and his companion was Eve. Eve filled an empty place very close to Adam's heart. And together, because of the monumental invention of agriculture, civilizations were able to develop, thus creating the world we know today.
2006-06-10 15:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by j_doggie_dogg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only makes sense that they would have a belly button. Yes, I know, the belly button is a scar, etc., etc. However, God also made trees in one day. I believe that if you had cut one down there would have been rings. He made them look the way they are supposed to look. God made the plan for umbilical cords, so if that was part of His plan, I guess it was part of His plan for us to have belly buttons!
I don't think Michelangelo made a mistake, but was actually rather astute!
2006-06-10 07:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by Serving Jesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good. I've never thought of that. Now, if he DID have a belly button, then God cut the cord?
2006-06-10 22:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well maybe Michaelangelo didn't believe in the Bible...
2006-06-10 07:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by FORNIDO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point! But lets not get caught up in the details.
2006-06-10 18:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by Stoneface 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo stands corrected.
2006-06-10 07:07:18 · answer #9 · answered by Wiseguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is Michelangelo's depiction of Adam .. I'm sure in those days people weren't looking to critique his work
2006-06-10 07:07:17 · answer #10 · answered by vpsinbad50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋