Florence.2C 1499.E2.80.931505 Michelangelo

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the statue of david, completed michelangelo in 1504, 1 of renowned works of renaissance.


michelangelo returned florence in 1499. republic changing after fall of leader, anti-renaissance priest girolamo savonarola, executed in 1498, , rise of gonfaloniere piero soderini. michelangelo asked consuls of guild of wool complete unfinished project begun 40 years earlier agostino di duccio: colossal statue of carrara marble portraying david symbol of florentine freedom placed on gable of florence cathedral. michelangelo responded completing famous work, statue of david, in 1504. masterwork definitively established prominence sculptor of extraordinary technical skill , strength of symbolic imagination. team of consultants, including botticelli , leonardo da vinci, called decide upon placement, piazza della signoria, in front of palazzo vecchio. stands in academia while replica occupies place in square.


with completion of david came commission. in 1504 leonardo da vinci had been commissioned paint battle of anghiara in council chamber of palazzo vecchio, depicting battle between florence , milan in 1440. michelangelo commissioned paint battle of cascina. 2 paintings different: leonardo depicts soldiers fighting on horseback, while michelangelo has soldiers being ambushed bathe in river. neither work completed , both lost forever when chamber refurbished. both works admired, , copies remain of them, leonardo s work having been copied rubens , michelangelo s bastiano da sangallo.


also during period, michelangelo commissioned angelo doni paint holy family present wife, maddalena strozzi. known doni tondo , hangs in uffizi gallery in original magnificent frame, michelangelo may have designed. may have painted madonna , child john baptist, known manchester madonna , in national gallery, london.









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