Statue Of David Marble Michelangelo

David marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the italian renaissance artist michelangelo.

Statue of david marble michelangelo.

It is a statue of a shepherd david whose story is told in the bible. It is made of marble and is 17 feet tall. 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. One which was placed in david s original home in front of the palazzo vecchio and bronze david which rests on a perch in piazzale michelangelo.

This statue became popular and was copied in other plaster and even bronze statues at bars around america. David is a 5 17 metre 17 0 ft a marble statue of the biblical figure david a favoured subject in the art of florence. At that time the marble was said to have had a flaw in it and the project was abandoned. 2 the block of marble that michelangelo used to carve david had been worked on more than 50 years earlier by donatello.

Currently there are two full sized replicas of david. The marvelous bronze statue of the david named also mercury has been made by donatello and it is at the national museum of bargello. The famous marble statue of the david has been made by michelangelo and it is at the accademia gallery. This astonishing renaissance sculpture was created between 1501 and 1504.

In 1966 mike caffee created a plaster statue for the gay leather bar febe s on folsom street in san francisco. David is a masterpiece of renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the italian artist michelangelo. This outstanding sculpture was created between 1501 and 1504 by renaissance genius michelangelo after the enormous block of marble used for the statue had lied abandoned for 25 years in the courtyard of the opera del duomo because the two artists originally commissioned with the work thought the marble which came from the quarries in carrara had too many imperfections. David fought a battle with a giant soldier called goliath.

Michelangelo s david is massive at 17 feet tall and more than 12 000 pounds yet it is sculpted from a single block of white marble. The statue of david itself was inspired by ancient roman art especially hercules which espoused him even more to the people of florence who loved the ancient heroes. Michelangelo s david stands nearly 17 feet tall. The statue was commissioned for one of the buttresses of the cathedral of florence and was carved from a block of marble that had been partially blocked out by other sculptors and left outdoors.

The statue was a recreation of michelangelo s david as a leather biker icon.