https://padlet.com/viomic_smolder/147s47fz9ve2 descrizione e curiosità del David di Michelangelo en-us 2016-11-03 07:23:43 UTC 2017-05-17 02:16:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png viomic_smolder https://padlet.com/viomic_smolder/147s47fz9ve2/wish/134992971 2016-11-03 07:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/viomic_smolder/147s47fz9ve2/wish/134992971 viomic_smolder https://padlet.com/viomic_smolder/147s47fz9ve2/wish/134993346 Note the watchful eyes with carved eye bulks, pulsing veins on the back of the hands, engorged with tension. Admire the curve of the taut torso, the flexing of the tighten muscles in the right leg. Thanks to its imposing perfection, the biblical figure of David became a symbol of liberty and freedom, showing Florence’s readiness to defend itself. It remained in front of Palazzo della Signoria until 1873, when it was moved into the Galleria dell’Accademia to protect it from damage and further weathering, which took three days. The proportions of some details are atypical of Michelangelo’s work. The figure has an unusually large head and imposing right hand. These enlargements may be due to the fact that the statue was originally intended to be placed on the cathedral roof line, so important parts of the sculpture had to be necessarily accentuated in order to be visible from below. Another interpretation about these larger details lead to think that Michelangelo intentionally over-proportioned the head to underline the concentration and the right hand to symbolize the pondered action. Commentators have noted the presence on David's penis of his foreskin, which is at odds with the Judaic practice of circumcision, but is consistent with the conventions of Renaissance art. There are many copies of the David. One was given to Queen Victoria, who had it shipped directly to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Queen Victoria then visited the museum and was shocked by David’s nudity. That's why a special fig leaf hangs now on two hooks in front of David’s genitalia. Among the centuries the statue has has several incident: for example in 1527 someone threw a chair out of a window in Palazzo Vecchio and the chair broke David’s left arm in three places.

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