Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one person who celebrated David’s victory in sculpture. He worked on a statue of David between 1501 and 1504. He made a statue of David, but it is 17 feet (over 5 meters) tall: 8 feet taller than the original Goliath.
In 1501, Michelangelo started with a big block of marble. But this was not a plain piece of marble. Somebody else had already tried to make it into a statue of David. So Michelangelo had to try to make a beautiful work of art out of a piece of marble that was not only big but also used.
When Michelangelo’s work was done, David was put outside the Palazzo Vecchio, the
In 1873, David was moved to the Accademia di Belle Arti in
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