Donatello's bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) is famous as the first unsupported standing … during the time of the Renaissance, when the statue was created, …
At the Accademia Gallery, you can admire from a short distance the perfection of the most famous statue in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world: Michelangelo’s David. This astonishing Renaissance sculpture was created between 1501 and 1504. It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre (17.0 ft) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
David is one of the most exquisite Renaissance sculptures made during the early 1500s. This famous work of art was created by Michelangelo, a famous Italian artist. The statue measures 5.17 meters tall, and it is a marble figure of the biblical hero named David.
In 1501, Michelangelo (yes, the same guy who painted the famous Sistine Chapel located in the Vatican in Rome) accepted a commission to carve a marble sculpture of the biblical David to be placed high atop a buttress on the Florentine Cathedral.
Michelangelo David, is this marble masterpiece the most famous statue in the world?
5. THE STATUE IS CARVED FROM A SINGLE BLOCK OF UNWANTED MARBLE. The block of marble that became one of history’s most famous masterpieces proves the old cliché about one man’s trash being another’s treasure. Michelangelo created David from a piece of marble that had been twice discarded by other sculptors.
Michelangelo’s statue of David has become practically a synonym for Florence. The making of this famous sculpture had a difficult history. The marble block that Michelangelo used to make the David had been sitting in the courtyard of today’s Museum of the Works of the Duomo for over 20 years.
What is the meaning of the statue? The story of David and Goliath is a biblical one, found in Book 1 Samuel. Are there copies? Yes, the most famous are outdoors in Florence itself. The first, in Piazza della Signoria in the exact spot where the original used to be and the second in Piazzale Michelangelo (made out of bronze, not marble).
08. Statue of David, Florence: Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists of all time. Out of his numerous famous works, the David statue is what distinguished him. It is a 17 feet marble figure which represents the biblical hero, ancestor of Jesus, David. He is shown placidly waiting for a war, with stone in one hand and a slingshot in other.
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