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David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David (Bernini) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was part of a commission to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese – the Galleria Borghese – ...
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Perhaps the most famous statue in the world today is the Statue of David by Michelangelo. ... Sculpture; Statue of David; August Rodin; The Thinker; The Kiss; Lady Justice; Religious Statues ; Buddha; Catholic; Virgin Mary /; ... DAVID BY DONATELLO 11" HIGH SCULPTURE...
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The head of David ... Like Michelangelo's later David, it resonates with political symbolism. David became a symbol of the Florentine Republic in conflict with more powerful enemies, yet favored by God. Although this work is in marble, Donatello worked in bronze, relief, and even wood.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti sculpted David (over 16 feet high) between 1501 and 1504. David is Michangelo’s most famous sculpture, and is depicted as very muscular and alert – as if to be carefully watching Goliath in the distance, like it is written in the Old Testament.
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LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Michelangelo's David, the towering sculpture acclaimed for its depiction of male beauty, is not so perfect after all. He squints. Laser images of David's face taken by computer scientist Marc Levoy of Stanford University in California show he is not looking out into the distance but is squinting.
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