Largely because the fingers are NOT touching each other. If you squint your eyes, you can see a distinctive gap between the fingers. read more
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo is a fresco painting that has occupied ceiling of Sistine chapel for about 500 years. It is a depiction of the moment in which god grants a spark of life onto Adam, thus creating the first man, as described in Book of Genesis. read more
Michelangelo's fourth panel on the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling is the well-known depiction of God creating Adam. Both figures have one arm raised and forefingers almost touching. The moment is supposedly when God infused His just-created figure of man with the spirit of life. read more