The 16th-century Florentine artist Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling and the upper section of its walls.

Michelangelo might simply be suggesting that our brain is a piece or extension of God. Or, more provocatively, that God is the creation and projection of the human brain.

Williamsburg, Va. The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability.