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To see Michelangelo's David, you must see The David. Copies will not do. They give you the sense that The
David is the same, just bigger. They do not do the sculpture
justice. Not even close. Even these pictures are inadequate.
When you are standing under the statue, then you can appreciate its size.
When you see the proportions of the body parts in relation to each other and to
your own hand, then you can appreciate the genius of Mikie. When you see
the veins standing out on the marble skin just like on your own skin, then you
appreciate attention to detail. Reading this, you might think, "That
Paul, he knows his art." I don't know art, I probably know less than
you about art. The statue is such, however, that even a bumpkin like me
can appreciate it. I think that you have to stand and look at it for
sometime before it all sinks in. A casual walk past pausing for a photo
won't do it.
| Well, there is more to seeing The David than
just going to Florence. You have to wait in line, this line in 150
degree heat. The little green person is Jennifer. I doctored
the picture to make her stand out a little. Green is, obviously, not
her color.
The guy in the white ball cap scratching his neck is thinking, "Do
I really want to do this? Maybe I could just get a David shaped
pizza from the Michelangelo restaurant." |
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. GOLIATH REVEALED
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| Of course, The
David is Michelangelo's interperation of the David from the biblical
story of David and Goliath. Because Michelangelo was angling for a
good crypt spot in Santa Croche church and a quick trip to heaven, he
was anxious to please. Few know that Goliath was really a girl, pictured at right and David
was the wimp with her. He did not really through a stone at her, he was
stoned and went after her! |
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