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Uncle Joe

(61,896 posts) Sat Dec 9, 2023, 02:39 PM Dec 2023

Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained

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Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained (Original Post) Uncle Joe Dec 2023 OP

Bookmarking Bayard Dec 2023 #1

ditto WhiteTara Dec 2023 #2

Fascinating - many thanks for posting! jmbar2 Dec 2023 #3

Thanks for that post! Chainfire Dec 2023 #4

That was fascinating. Thank you so much for posting it. I have never seen the statue Maraya1969 Dec 2023 #5

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #6

When you walk into the rotunda and see the statue, it's like being in a cathedral. There's almost complete silence ashredux Dec 2023 #7

"Great Art Explained" LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #8

Until I saw it in person I didn't realize how big it was. CaptainTruth Dec 2023 #9

I also didn't realize how big it is...or that it depicts THAT David! It was only when I saw a smaller FailureToCommunicate Dec 2023 #10

Bayard

(25,403 posts)

1. Bookmarking

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 02:47 PM

Dec 2023

WhiteTara

(30,798 posts)

2. ditto

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 02:49 PM

Dec 2023

jmbar2

(6,912 posts)

3. Fascinating - many thanks for posting!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 03:00 PM

Dec 2023

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

4. Thanks for that post!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 03:54 PM

Dec 2023

The detail is just amazing.

It is a good thing that David is in Italy rather than Texas or Florida; (or any number of other red states) they would have him destroyed as porn.

Maraya1969

(23,283 posts)

5. That was fascinating. Thank you so much for posting it. I have never seen the statue

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 04:44 PM

Dec 2023

and never studied art so I learned a lot!

Ocelot II

(125,101 posts)

6. Very interesting! Thanks for posting this.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 04:46 PM

Dec 2023

ashredux

(2,731 posts)

7. When you walk into the rotunda and see the statue, it's like being in a cathedral. There's almost complete silence

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 05:08 PM

Dec 2023

Amazing, just amazing… until you see it in person, it’s hard to understand the magnificent nature of it

LudwigPastorius

(12,629 posts)

8. "Great Art Explained"

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 05:11 PM

Dec 2023

Do they explain why Michelangelo depicted him as a ‘grower and not a shower’?

CaptainTruth

(7,691 posts)

9. Until I saw it in person I didn't realize how big it was.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 05:16 PM

Dec 2023

It's truly impressive & much larger than the thousands of other statues I've seen in museums throughout Italy. The scale really takes you back.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,522 posts)

10. I also didn't realize how big it is...or that it depicts THAT David! It was only when I saw a smaller

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 05:35 PM

Dec 2023

nearby statue of David standing on the severed head of Goliath, that it dawned on me who THIS David was supposed to be.
I mean, this David is just standing there with a towel over his shoulder. He doesn't seem like the guy who just knocked out their champion with a rock in a shepherd's sling.

And, now from this video, I learn that this is David BEFORE he decided to do battle with the giant.

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