Separation of Light from Darkness is, in the chronology of the Book of Genesis, the first of nine central panels running along the center of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling depicting scenes from Genesis. Michelangelo probably completed the panel in the summer of 1512, the final year of the Sistine ceiling project, and it is one of five smaller scenes that alternate with four larger scenes along the ceiling's center. It is based on verses three through five of the first chapter of Genesis, in which God separates light from darkness and calls the light day and the darkness night. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Separation of Light from Darkness is, from the perspective of the Genesis chronology, the first of nine central panels that run along the center of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and which depict scenes from the Book of
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