Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo’s 17-foot tall David lives up to its reputation as a great work of art, and Florence has done very well in displaying the 500+ year-old sculpture in an accessible and visually-pleasing setting. Installed at the Accademia Gallery (rather than the Uffizi Gallery as many people mistakenly assume), the hall is flooded with natural light from a skylight above. While the Accademia is expensive and more difficult to find than the Uffizi, the line is far shorter and amazingly they allow non-flash photography. With the light pouring in from above one can easily do hand held and still get great shots.
From Wikipedia:
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favored subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was placed instead in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504.
Because of the nature of the hero it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, and the eyes of David, with a warning glare, were turned towards Rome. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.
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Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo’s 17-foot tall David lives up to its reputation as a great work of art, and Florence has done very well in displaying the 500+ year-old sculpture in an accessible and visually-pleasing setting. Installed at the Accademia Gallery (rather than the Uffizi Gallery as many people mistakenly assume), the hall is flooded with natural light from a skylight above. While the Accademia is expensive and more difficult to find than the Uffizi, the line is far shorter and amazingly they allow non-flash photography. With the light pouring in from above one can easily do hand held and still get great shots.
From Wikipedia:
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favored subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was placed instead in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504.
Because of the nature of the hero it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, and the eyes of David, with a warning glare, were turned towards Rome. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.
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Link to ~My best photos~
*** All my photos are © All Rights Reserved. ***