Genesis 1

Artwork

First Day of Creation — Light and Darkness

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1860

Second Day of Creation — Waters Divided

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1860

Third Day of Creation — Land, Sea, and Plants

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1860

Fourth Day of Creation — Sun, Moon, and Stars

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1860

Fifth Day of Creation — Fish and Birds

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1860

The Creation of Light

Gustave Doré · 1866

The Creation

James Tissot · 1896

Separation of Light from Darkness

Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1512

Separation of the Earth from the Waters

Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1511

Adam and Eve

Lowell Bruce Bennett

Creation—Living Creatures

Stanley Galli

The Earth

Unknown

The Creation of Adam (one of a set of four)

Muller · 1630

The Creation of Eve and The Temptation (one of a set of three)

Anonymous · 1585

Ancient manuscript

Folios from surviving Latin Vulgate manuscripts that contain this chapter. Most pages are 8th-9th century parchment text; some are full-page illuminations.

Codex Amiatinus, Genesis 1 (canvas 4)

Master of the Codex Amiatinus (Monkwearmouth-Jarrow scriptorium) · 700