The statue of David belongs to the hand of the eminent Italian artist, sculptor, painter and part-time poet Michelangelo Buonarroti.
He is the greatest creator and inimitable master of the Renaissance, which elevated man to a leading place, making him the
center of the universe.A vivid example illustrating the idea and course of that era is the five-meter statue of David, which became the symbol of the entire Florensky Republic and is an ideal in the art of the Renaissance and human genius.
The masterpiece of architecture was first presented in September 1504 in Florence, on the famous Piazza Signoria. Today, a great statue is on display at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
The statue of David by Michelangelo represents a beautiful naked young man, concentrated before the fight with a huge giant warrior - Goliath. This sculpture, or rather, its idea, is not the only one, since the predecessors of Buonarroti - Donatello, Verrocchio, already depicted David. The difference is that the sculptors reflected the hero at the time of the celebration of his victory over the giant, and not before an exciting duel. The statue of David Donatello depicts some immediacy in the image of a young boy and demonstrates well-deserved calm after a heroic victory. This is evidenced by the severed head of Goliath and a laurel wreath at the foot of the little hero.
Michelangelo created his creation in the form of a beautifully athletically built young man, full of confidence in his strength and victory. This mood of the work shows the noble menacing and firmness of the human spirit, reflects faith and hope for the best. The statue of David, like many other masterpieces of the great Michelangelo, bears the features of some individual, inherent only to this genius, sculptural manner: a tense and expressive
expression on the face of the hero. A muscular, handsome, naked young man who fixed his gaze somewhere in the distance, with some anxiety looks at his opponent, as if evaluating him, his strength and future battle. In his left hand, David quietly squeezes the stone and holds the sling thrown over his right shoulder.
In his creation, Michelangelo reflected the heroic titanism. The terrible expressiveness of the gaze of the beautiful young hero, whom he meets Goliath, contemporaries consider the main asset and integral feature of Buonarroti's creations. Avoiding complex dynamic movements, the author of the sculpture created a type of hero that is full of power, courage, courage and complete readiness for battle.
Michelangelo surprisingly combined and juxtaposed the physical beauty of a person’s body with his strength of mind and power.
Masculinity and concentration in the face of David is fraught with incredible nobility and strength, and physical beauty is reflected in the powerful torso, perfectly designed arms and legs of the hero.
The statue of David was created in 1501, when the author needed to create a biblical hero from a huge marble block, corrupted by the master Simone. Michelangelo's amazing ability to extract maximum expressiveness from stone has borne fruit. After drawing up hundreds of sketches of the future sculpture, making the clay model of the statue, overcoming difficult weather conditions and high competition, the ingenious sculptor created a truly incredible masterpiece. Michelangelo's creation was completed in 1504.
The work was originally laid in stone, the main task is to be able to extract it.