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Michelangelo's marble statue David stands in a domed gallery at the Accademia in Florence, Italy, depicted nude with a slingshot over his shoulder.
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Michelangelo: David Michelangelo: David The marble statue of David by Michelangelo stands in a domed gallery in Florence, Italy, depicting a nude male figure in a contrapposto pose.
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Michelangelo's marble statue David stands in a domed gallery at the Accademia in Florence, Italy, depicted nude with a slingshot over his shoulder.
Michelangelo: David David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1504; in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.

David

marble sculpture by Michelangelo
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David, marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo depicting the biblical hero in the tense moments before he confronts the Philistine giant Goliath. Rather than showing David after his victory, as earlier artists often had, Michelangelo presents him poised for action, alert and intensely focused. Celebrated for its anatomical precision, psychological intensity, and commanding scale, the sculpture became an emblem of Renaissance ideals of human strength and beauty as well as...

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