Any visitor to Florence, Italy wishes to once in their life see the nude statue of David in the Galleria dell’Accademia art museum.
The nude statue of David often makes many female tourists quickly turn away in embarrassment when they first admire it.
In 1501, when he began creating David, sculptor and architect Michelangelo was only 26 years old, but he was already the highest paid artist at that time.
Standing in front of a block of sparkling white marble – a block of stone that many artists had previously shaken their heads to refuse, Michelangelo was very excited and enthusiastically agreed to sculpt a work.
The statue was inspired by a biblical hero – King David.
That morning, the armies of the two sides faced each other and the giant Goliath again challenged and humiliated the Israelites.
And then, a young man with a slim body and milky face stepped out of the Israeli ranks and confronted the huge giant.
Florentine artists of the time such as Verrocchio, Ghiberti and Donatello all depicted David in a victorious pose.
He had two biographies published during his lifetime and it became one of the most beloved books for those who are fans of Michelangelo.
Talking about the stone slab for Michelangelo to create David, there are also many anecdotes.
There is also another story that says that this stone was created by wealthy women living in Florence – a city in northern Italy – who came up with the idea of donating a large block of marble.
And even though there are many different versions, it took 40 years for fate to bring it to meet a good fate – a sculptor named Michelangelo.
And putting aside all the rumors of people, that he would become a barbarian with this stone slab, under every blow of the hammer, every chisel… the statue of David gradually appeared, proud, majestic and beautifully beautiful.
The Statue of King David is one of the artistic masterpieces considered the most perfect and beautiful of all time.
However, if we go back to the time when the artist created this statue, Michelangelo sculpted the statue according to the classical Greek model, where muscles are more important… there.
Nowadays, the authorities are having quite a headache in preserving this beautiful statue.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is an Italian master sculptor and architect.
