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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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David
Work_PrefTitle
David
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Close detail, face from front
Image_Title
Close detail, face from front
Image View
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Creator:
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Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466)
Agent_Display
Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 95 B
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repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 95 B
Location
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Location Note:
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Via del Proconsolo, 4
Work_LocationNotes
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Location Note
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GPS:
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43.770423 11.257947
GPS
43.770423 11.257947
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Date:
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ca. 1435-1440 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1435-1440 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Renaissance
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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sculpture
Work_Classification
sculpture
Classification
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Material:
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bronze; traces of gold gilding
Work_MaterialDisplay
bronze; traces of gold gilding
Material
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Technique:
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casting (process); gilding (technique)
Work_Technique
casting (process); gilding (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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158 cm (height)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
158 cm (height)
Measurements
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Description:
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The most enigmatic of Donatello’s sculptures both in treatment and in dating (for it is absolutely undocumented) is the nearly nude bronze David (Florence, Bargello), which stood on an ornamental pedestal in the center of the newly built courtyard of the Medici palace. Recently, it has been proposed that, rather than dating after Padua (1443-1453), the David was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici in ca. 1435-1440 for the old Medici Palace and moved to the courtyard of the new one built by Michelozzo. It has been suggested that the nudity and sensuousness of the boy David, as well as some surprising details of his costume, none of which is derived from the biblical story, may result from a Neo-Platonic philosophical interpretation of David as an allegory of heavenly love (Ames-Lewis). (Cosimo was the founder of the Neo-Platonic Academy in Florence.) (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The most enigmatic of Donatello’s sculptures both in treatment and in dating (for it is absolutely undocumented) is the nearly nude bronze David (Florence, Bargello), which stood on an ornamental pedestal in the center of the newly built courtyard of the Medici palace. Recently, it has been proposed that, rather than dating after Padua (1443-1453), the David was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici in ca. 1435-1440 for the old Medici Palace and moved to the courtyard of the new one built by Michelozzo. It has been suggested that the nudity and sensuousness of the boy David, as well as some surprising details of his costume, none of which is derived from the biblical story, may result from a Neo-Platonic philosophical interpretation of David as an allegory of heavenly love (Ames-Lewis). (Cosimo was the founder of the Neo-Platonic Academy in Florence.) (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-DB-MB-D-B05
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-DB-MB-D-B05
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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