Visual Analysis - David by Michelangelo
Description: David
Artist: Michelangelo, 1501-1504
Media: Carrara marble
Dimensions: 5.16-metre (16 feet and 11.15 inches)
Weight: 6 tons (12,478 lbs)
Location: Galleria dell'Accademia (since 1873)
Analysis
Michelangelo’s David is considered by some to be the earliest monumental statue of the High Renaissance period. Originally commissioned in 1501 to be placed on one of the buttresses of the famed Il Duomo di Firenze, or the Florence Cathedral of…
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