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@ Bashno
2024-07-11 02:38:17
The statue of David by the famous Italian artist Michelangelo is one of the most beloved art pieces in the world. It is a masterpiece sculpted from a single block of white Carrara marble, standing 17 feet tall and weighing 12,000 pounds. The unveiling of this masterpiece to the public took place in Florence on September 8, 1504, at Piazza della Signoria. Michelangelo was commissioned for this work by Opera del Duomo, the Florence Cathedral's oversight committee, in 1501. It took him nearly three years to complete.
At the time of its unveiling, a committee including Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli decided that the statue should be placed in a more prominent public location. It took 40 men over four days to move the massive statue half a mile to its current location in the square. Widely regarded as one of the finest examples of High Renaissance art, David was moved indoors to the Galleria dell'Accademia in 1873 after nearly 400 years to protect it from weather damage, but an exact replica still stands in its original location in the square.