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[quote=Anonymous]This may ruffle some feathers, but in a related vein, Michelangelo is also believed to inserted some imagery into his Sistine Chapel paintings. The most famous scene depicts "The Creation of Adam" - but many have noted the anatomical accoracy of God painted on a brain (some have attributed to "snark" by Michelangelo, insinuating that vice versa, man created God in mankind's mind). If you know anything about Michelangelo's background studying human anatomy, and his historical persona as a bit of a rabble rouser, it's not much of a stretch...

Via Wikipedia: Several hypotheses have been put forward about the meaning of The Creation of Adam's highly original composition, many of them taking Michelangelo's well-documented expertise in human anatomy as their starting point. In 1990, an Anderson, Indiana physician named Frank Lynn Meshberger, M.D. noted in the medical publication the Journal of the American Medical Association that the background figures and shapes portrayed behind the figure of God appeared to be an anatomically accurate picture of the human brain. Dr. Meshberger's interpretation has been discussed by Dr. Mark Lee Appler. On close examination, borders in the painting correlate with major sulci of the cerebrum in the inner and outer surface of the brain, the brain stem, the frontal lobe, the basilar artery, the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam#Anatomical_theories]

More reading: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2010/05/27/michelangelos-secret-message-in-the-sistine-chapel-a-juxtaposition-of-god-and-the-human-brain/

And pictures...

[img]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/06/22/science/22brain/22brain-popup.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sistine-brain.jpg[/img]

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