The statue measures 5 17 meters tall and it is a marble figure of the biblical hero named david.
Marble david statue.
David is a masterpiece of renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the italian artist michelangelo.
The david perhaps the world s most famous sculpture surely one of florence s greatest attractions stands at 5 16 meters tall in the accademia gallery.
Before him however the florentine sculptor donatello c.
Famous marble david statue the masterpiece of the renaissance sculpture master michelangelo is regarded as one of the best male human statues in the history of western art.
David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero david by the italian early renaissance sculptor donatello.
David marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the italian renaissance artist michelangelo.
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.
Mythology bronze statue donatello s david signed classic artwork figurine.
David david is one of the most exquisite renaissance sculptures made during the early 1500s.
David statue marked made in italy.
2 the block of marble that michelangelo used to carve david had been worked on more than 50 years earlier by donatello.
The biblical character of david was a highly popular subject in renaissance art perhaps made most famous by michelangelo s marble interpretation.
Originally commissioned by the opera del duomo for the cathedral of florence it was meant to be one of a series of large statues to be positioned in the niches of the cathedral s tribunes way up at about 80mt from the ground.
David is a 5 17 metre 17 0 ft 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.
David statue by michelangelo marble finish 80 00.
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It is a 14 0 ft marble statue depicting the biblical hero david represented as a standing male nude.
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.