David

    Michelangelo's David, housed in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence. It has been there since 1893, and you can see four other unfinished Michelangelo sculptures also at the Accademia gallery. Sculpted between 1501 and 1504 from Carrera Marble, the 17 ft tall statue is supposed to represent David in the moments before his battle with Goliath. Not surprisingly, for the people of the city state of Florence, Michelangelo's statue of David became a symbol of their struggles against larger kingdoms.

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    1. sophiereynaud64 (38 months ago | reply)

      Superbe photo et quelle oeuvre merveilleuse !!!

    2. jay8085 (38 months ago | reply)

      Merci.

    3. doublewhiskeyclone (37 months ago | reply)

      Really excellent photo. Thanks for offering it for use on CC. I used it here, and credited you:

      www.raptitude.com/2009/05/strength-soviet-sty le-raptitude...

    4. jay8085 (37 months ago | reply)

      You are welcome.

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      peterbradd and nadege.godard added this photo to their favorites.

    6. MalayalaM (27 months ago | reply)

      This is marvelous!

    7. jay8085 (27 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Johnny.

    8. pecaenrique (26 months ago | reply)


      Viewed in Wonderful photos for the world

    9. kimberlyjones (21 months ago | reply)

      Congratulations! Your photo has received the Amber Award from FotoVotr. It has been selected from the Flickr community because of its interest and popularity. For more information, please visit the FotoVotr Amber Group. We would be honored to have you join us!

    10. bigtumtum2006 (21 months ago | reply)

      ill copy this for my room display.....just love art work of david.....yong from the phippines.

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    12. write4acause (18 months ago | reply)

      Hi there. Great photo indeed. I used this in my blog about my fitness project here fitness-project-22inch-waist--flatabs.blogspo t.com/2010/1... . Credits to you of course!
      Thank you very much!

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      jaeifs and orphansparrow added this photo to their favorites.

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