Creating David: The Story Of Michelangelo's Famous Statue of David by Lindsay Shapka in Artists, Art, Art History, Travel 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 was only 26 years old in 1501, but he was already the most famous and best paid artist in his days. He accepted the challenge with enthusiasm to sculpt a large scale David and worked constantly for over two years to create one of his most breathtaking masterpieces of gleaming white marble.
David (Italian pronunciation: ) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo. It 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 By Michelangelo 13" Sculpture. Replica of the statue of David by Michelangelo as seen in the Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence. This masterpiece is one of the world's most recognizable works of art and an enduring symbol of Florence, and represents the biblical hero David as a standing male nude.
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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. This young man was also the most common subject in Renaissance art, particularly in Florence.
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Michelangelo's Art in the Bargello. Florence's premier museum for sculpture, the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, boasts a few Michelangelo sculptures, too. The most famous of these is Bacchus, a statue depicting a tipsy Bacchus (God of Wine) adorned with grapes and holding a chalice.
Michelangelo returned to Florence but received no commissions … and force of the art of sculpture". … his most famous work, the statue of David, …
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