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Abstract
Not until the 1870s, following the first publication of photographs of the Sistine Ceiling, did anyone notice significant presences under God's backward arm in the Creation of Adam. Since then, the identity of the two embraced figures—Eve and the Christ Child—has been either ignored or contested. Also ignored, under God's outstretched arm, was the presence of the rebel angels, the origin of sin in Satanic envy, and Lucifer's imminent confrontation with Michelangelo's name saint, the Archangel Michael. There is apparently more between the median and the right edge of the fresco than was dreamt of in our historiography.
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Leo Steinberg
Leo Steinberg is University Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Pennsylvania. Now in retirement, he wonders how he ever found time to teach [165 West 66th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023].