Superimposing pictorial artwork with projected imagery

Abstract

Working high above the floor of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican of Rome, between 1509 and 1512 Michelangelo Buonarroti painted some of the finest pictorial images of all time. On the ceiling of the papal chapel, he created a masterpiece fresco that includes nine scenes from the book of Genesis. Among them is the famous Creation of Adam scene---showing God touching Adam's hand. In 1510, an initial study led Michelangelo to draw the Adam figure as a sanguine on a piece of paper. Today, this early drawing is displayed at the London British Museum.