Hand of Adam - The Creation of Man at The Musée Rodin, Paris

Rodin was a incredibly talented sculptor in his ability to convey physical and emotional torment in his sculptures, notable in the sculpture of Adam (also uploaded on Scan the World, explore it here). As suggested in a study of the full sculpture, the hands of Adam highlight Rodin's huge influences from Michelangelo. "Two of Michelangelo's works explain the meaning as well as the genesis of the strange gestures Rodin gave to Adam, for as Albert Elsen observed in the catalogue for an exhibitio