Textual Analysis Of David Michelangelo

David was sculpted by Michelangelo which he began working on 1501 and finished in 1504. This sculpture is 518 centimeters (17’ tall) and is made of marble. It was made during the Italian Renaissance. This sculpture is located in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy (Smart History, 2015). This stature was made to represent the biblical hero David, as the title suggests, who fought Goliath (Smart History, 2015). David is a young individual that battles Goliath when his older counterparts feared Goliath. Michelangelo’s sculpture seems to show David with a warm gaze, possibly thinking of what he can do to protect others from danger. According to ¬-Art: A Brief History by Stockstad, this statue “embodies the antique ideal of the athletic male nude, the emotional power of the facial expression and concentrated gaze is new” (2016). According to Smart History, majority of his body is relaxed besides his left hand, which may show that David has barely caught sight of his opponent (2015). …show more content…
It stands at 170 centimeters (5’6” tall) and is located at Galleria Borghese, Rome (Smart History, 2015). Bernini’s sculpture depicts the same individual discussed above, but it is more than a hundred years later into the Baroque period (Smart History, 2015). This sculpture shows a very emotional David, with a completely different posture. In this sculpture he is in a fighting stance, almost ready to take a shot at his opponent Goliath. This is evident from the diagonal line that is created, which “immediately suggests movement and energy and drama” (Smart History, 2105). While Michelangelo’s David posture is relaxed, Bernini’s David has different muscle groups engaged, as if he is ready to fight within that