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The Bronze Sculpture Of Donatello's David

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1.) The bronze sculpture of David by Donatello is about 5' 2 1/4. Donatello is located in Museo Nazionale del Barello, Florence Italy. Donatello was made by various media from a lost-wax casting into bronze to carved marble and a polychrome wood. The marble sculpture of David by Michelangelo it about 17 feet tall that in not including his pedestal. Michelangelo is located in Galleria Dell' Academia located in Florence Italy. The Michelangelo's David is made of twenty colossal marble, each weighing about thirty-two tons. 2.) In the bronze sculpture of David by Michelangelo …show more content…

In Michelangelo's David he wanted capture him as a younger and more confidant man before he fights Goliath. He makes him look more confidant and more muscular like a manly man. In Donatello's David he wanted to portrait him as he has won all ready. In the bible David was a young boy and Donatello wanted to portrait that, even though Donatello's David is not portrait at a strong, muscular man. Donatello wanted to portrait David in the moment of victory over Goliath and Donatello's David facial expression shows confidant and that he is proud he beat …show more content…

It has the element of form by the way that Michelangelo's David because his body is three-dimensional. He has arms and legs and how they are proportion it gives it its form. It has the element of balance similar to Donatello's David as his whole body is made out of marble. Michelangelo's David has balance all around his body from the bottom of his feet to the top curly hair in his head. His balance of how each part of his body makes him look strong, muscular and brave including the seriousness and focus in his facial expression. Michelangelo's David has emphasis from every curly, wavy hair on his head from the clinch look on his hand from holding the stones and the detail of the slingshot. What is also emphasis is how tone his body is from seeing his abs an his biceps and triceps. His body has movement as you can see how it curves as he stands on one leg and lets the other leg just relax. Michelangelo's body has texture as his body is smooth as he was made out of marble, and how you see how every part of his body is detail and runs smoothly from head to

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