Donatello's David Michelangelo Buonarroti
#1. A. Michelangelo’s David, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, measures; sixteen feet and eleven and one fifteenths inches tall. It is located at the Accademia Gallery, in Florence, Italy. It is carved out of a single block of white marble from Tuscany. B. Donatello’s David, by Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, or simply known as ‘Donatello’, measures a little over 5-feet tall. It is located at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, Italy. It is made of bronze.
#2. A. In Michelangelo’s David, he is standing in a contrapposto pose. Where one side of the body appears flexing and showing immense muscle definition, and the other side appears to be totally relaxed. The Greeks and Romans believed that this was a perfect proportion …show more content…
In Donatello’s David, he is standing in a contrapposto pose as well. Even though Donatello’s sculpture was done far after the Greeks and Romans, it is believed that is was paying homage to the Greek and Roman styles. In Donatello’s bronze sculpture, it depicts a post battle scene of David and Goliath, with David standing on Goliath’s with one foot and holding Goliath’s sword in his right hand, and a stone in his left. Assuming that David used the sword to cut off Goliath’s head. There is far less attention to detail to the body on this rendition of David’s but a great deal of attention to detail to Goliath’s head that appears to be in a helmet. With large feathers that run up along David’s inner thigh. David is also naked but wearing boots and a hat. The specifics on David’s clothing was not written in the …show more content…
In Donatello’s sculpture of David, the detail of the beard on Goliath is very precise. The line curvature gives the beard on the severed head a very realistic look. Also Goliath’s helmet is done very lifelike. It was easier to obtain the realistic look of Goliath’s helmet, because of the bronze used while creating the sculpture. The appearance of straight lines on the sword is only an illusion, because upon further review, the sword looks like it has been worn in battle, with rough edges along the blade, showing its use.
#7. In Michelangelo’s sculpture of David, the curvature of the body elements is very realistic. However, his right hand seems to be bigger in comparison to being proportionally accurate, but this may be Michelangelo’s way of paying homage to David’s hands being special. Also the couture along the neck tendons are so lifelike that it is hard not to believe that there aren’t really tendons under the marble. The bends and curves on the back of David’s hands give it a lifelike appearance, as if blood really flows through his
#2. A. In Michelangelo’s David, he is standing in a contrapposto pose. Where one side of the body appears flexing and showing immense muscle definition, and the other side appears to be totally relaxed. The Greeks and Romans believed that this was a perfect proportion …show more content…
In Donatello’s David, he is standing in a contrapposto pose as well. Even though Donatello’s sculpture was done far after the Greeks and Romans, it is believed that is was paying homage to the Greek and Roman styles. In Donatello’s bronze sculpture, it depicts a post battle scene of David and Goliath, with David standing on Goliath’s with one foot and holding Goliath’s sword in his right hand, and a stone in his left. Assuming that David used the sword to cut off Goliath’s head. There is far less attention to detail to the body on this rendition of David’s but a great deal of attention to detail to Goliath’s head that appears to be in a helmet. With large feathers that run up along David’s inner thigh. David is also naked but wearing boots and a hat. The specifics on David’s clothing was not written in the …show more content…
In Donatello’s sculpture of David, the detail of the beard on Goliath is very precise. The line curvature gives the beard on the severed head a very realistic look. Also Goliath’s helmet is done very lifelike. It was easier to obtain the realistic look of Goliath’s helmet, because of the bronze used while creating the sculpture. The appearance of straight lines on the sword is only an illusion, because upon further review, the sword looks like it has been worn in battle, with rough edges along the blade, showing its use.
#7. In Michelangelo’s sculpture of David, the curvature of the body elements is very realistic. However, his right hand seems to be bigger in comparison to being proportionally accurate, but this may be Michelangelo’s way of paying homage to David’s hands being special. Also the couture along the neck tendons are so lifelike that it is hard not to believe that there aren’t really tendons under the marble. The bends and curves on the back of David’s hands give it a lifelike appearance, as if blood really flows through his