David (Michelangelo)
Renaissance statue in Florence, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17-metre (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue after antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond. David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in the public square in front of the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. In 1873, the statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, and in 1910 replaced at the original location by a replica.
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| Artist | Michelangelo |
| Year | c. 1501 – June 8, 1504 |
| Medium | Marble sculpture |
| Subject | Biblical David |
| Dimensions | 517 cm × 199 cm (17 ft × 6.5 ft) |
| Location | Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy |
| Preceded by | Pietà |
| Followed by | Madonna of Bruges |
The biblical figure David was a favoured subject in the art of Florence.[1] Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family.