February 10, 2023
Michelangelo, the renowned sculptor of David, was once commissioned by the ruler of Florence to sculpt a snowman.
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How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World’s Most Famous Statue
At the start of the 16th century the Opera del Duomo—the committee of officials in charge of the decoration and maintenance of the Florence cathedral—had a tricky unfinished project on its hands. A document from 1501 refers to a massive barely begun statue, “a certain man of marble, named David,
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