David.Black White
by Jennie Breeze
Title
David.Black White
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Img_3011
Description
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 17.0 ft marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favored subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was placed instead in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled in September 1504. The statue was moved to the Accademia Gallery in Florence in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica. Because of the nature of the hero that it represented, it soon came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic and by the hegemony of the Medici family.
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September 24th, 2012
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Jennie Breeze
Thanks Sandra! Appreciate being selected and featured in your art group MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA homepage.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thank you Jouko! Always a pleasure being featured in your ART FROM THE PAST art club.
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