Distinctively Visual Analysis Of David Michelangelo

David is one of Michelangelo’s most well-known sculpture and has become one of the most known statues in the entire world of art. Michelangelo represented David in courageous typical nudity, seizing the tension of Lysippan athletes and the emotionalism of Hellenistic statuary. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favorite topic in the art of Florence. Standing 17’ high, made in 1501-1504 from one block of marble left over from abandoned commission on page 499 in the textbook. When Michelangelo first started sculpting the David, he was given a piece of damaged marble to carry out his work with. This marble was commissioned to Agostino di Duccio by the wool manufacturers’ guild, but having given up, he left it abandoned in the courtyard.
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The posture of Michelangelo's David is different any of the earlier Renaissance portrayals of David. The veins are noticeable in his arms and hands as he holds the stones with one hand and the slingshot in the other. His hands and his head seem to be disproportionally big for his body, probably because they were believed more visually important for spectators who would see the sculpture high up on the outside of the cathedral. Also, his left leg, which overlaps the rocky base upon which he stands, looks largely extended for his body. It emphasizes the line of this leg as it forms an important factor in David’s contrapposto posture. Similarly, to the early Hellenistic and Roman sculptures who were masters at realistically portraying the human structure, Michelangelo has portrayed David so that his body replies to the posture he is in. David’s weight has been positioned on his right leg while his left leg is at rest. Because of this, his hips have moved with one side being higher than the other. In contrast, this has caused David’s spine and midsection to arc slightly, and his right shoulder drips somewhat below his left