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   The David of Michelangelo. Director Cecilie Hollberg and restorer Eleonora Pucci talk about the icon of the Renaissance: the David. An evocative in-depth look at Michelangelo Buonarroti's masterpiece, between beauty and conservation.

3. Michelangelo's David: Admire World's Greatest Sculpture at ...

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   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: Michelangelo’s David. This astonishing Renaissance sculpture was created between 1501 and 1504. It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.

4. David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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   David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.

5. David | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   David, marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. 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.

6. Michelangelo's David - Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze

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   Date: 1501 - 1504. Collection: SCULPTURE. Technique: Marble. Dimensions: h. 517 cm. Inventory: Inv. Scult. n. 1076. Image gallery. Birth, transport and placement. The work was assigned to Michelangelo by the workers of the Florence cathedral on 16 August 1501, for a remuneration of 400 ducats.

7. Michelangelo's David at the Accademia Gallery in Florence

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   Standing in front of the city’s government building, the statue of David represented the courage and virtues of Florence much like a statue of a Greek hero given its nudity and classic “contrapposto” pose, with both right leg and arm straight while the left ones were bent, giving the figure life and movement.