My first reaction would be that that's what happens when student gain the bulk
of their information through spoken language rather than reading--that would
explain the misspelling and the "Atom" instead of "Adam." Obviously, there's
also a lack of Biblical knowledge, which cause her/him to replace a man's name
with a scientific term--from a scientific point of view, there is a small
amount of sense to this idea of creating an atom, I suppose.
I once had a student write me an essay in which she explained how women were
put on "peddle-stools" during the Middle Ages.
Ron Ganze
University of Oregon
Pippin Michelli wrote:
> Sorry, couldn't resist this -
>
> Asking my students in a test to identify Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, I
> discovered this answer:
>
> Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Celine(sic), Rome, Italy, 1508-1513, fresco,
> The Creation of Man - corrected to 1508-10, the Creation of Atom.
>
> Thoughts?!
>
> Pippin
>
> Pippin Michelli, Ph.D
> Assistant Professor of Art History, St Olaf College
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/michelli/index4.html
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