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david sculptures
Title: david sculptures
Category: Arts & Humanities
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david sculptures
David Sculptures
David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way.
Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting a …showed first 75 words of 980 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 980 total…reached manhood and is capable of great physical feats, like defeating Goliath. Finally, Bernini's David is a full grown man. He, like Michelangelo's David, also appears to be strong, brave and gifted enough to slaughter Goliath.
Works Cited
· Fichner-Rathus, Lois. Understanding Art. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995.
· Italian Masters. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1940.
· Meyer, Alfred Gotthold. Donatello. Liepzig: Fischer & Wittig, 1904.
· Scribner, Charles. Gianlorenzo Bernini. New York: H.N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.
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