Michelangelo Vs Bernini's David

The first difference that is easily distinguished between Michelangelo’s and Bernini’s David is the movement or the moment they represent. Michelangelo had chose to represent the moment before the commencement of the contest whereas Bernini chose the dynamic split second when David is launching the stone from his sling right before the death of Goliath.
In Michelangelo’s version, David looks balanced. We automatically look at this piece from top to the bottom. There is a sense of perfect harmony. Bernini’s dramatic piece invite viewers to look from top to bottom and all around. The added drapery to David gives more detail with a sneak peak of what it is covering while Michelangelo’s David is full on nude. There is no wondering to it since everything is exposed.
Michelangelo’s David is standing in the contrapposto stance, putting all his weight on the right foot. A similar stance is found in Bernini’s sculpture which gives us a sense of naturalism. Since Bernini’s piece incorporates a movement, it gives us a great deal of naturalism. At the way David’s body is angled, we get a sense that he’s in motion. Humanism is successfully depicted in both sculptures. Both artist carved lines that emphasized the muscles, veins, and bones on the bodies. Michelangelo’s piece also shows humanism by the raising one of his arm. In Bernini’s piece, David’s body, arms, and legs are bent and in movement displaying humanism. Different face emotion is also shown on both David. Tension is seen in Michelangelo’s David from his creased eyebrows. The same tension is also seen in Bernini’s David, but the lip biting shows the effort and work he’s putting to the sling shot. So both the movement and facial expressions show characteristics of a real