|
Collection:
|
|
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Collection
|
|
Preferred Title:
|
|
David
Work_PrefTitle
David
Preferred Title
|
|
Image View:
|
|
Detail, lower body and head of Goliath
Image_Title
Detail, lower body and head of Goliath
Image View
|
|
Creator:
|
|
Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian sculptor, 1435-1488)
Agent_Display
Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian sculptor, 1435-1488)
Creator
|
|
Location:
|
|
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location
|
|
Location Note:
|
|
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Work_LocationNotes
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Location Note
|
|
GPS:
|
|
43.770423 11.257947
GPS
43.770423 11.257947
GPS
|
|
Date:
|
|
1473-1475 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1473-1475 (creation)
Date
|
|
Cultural Context:
|
|
Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
|
|
Style Period:
|
|
Renaissance
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Renaissance
Style Period
|
|
Work Type 1:
|
|
sculpture (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
|
|
Classification:
|
|
sculpture
Work_Classification
sculpture
Classification
|
|
Material:
|
|
bronze
Work_MaterialDisplay
bronze
Material
|
|
Technique:
|
|
casting (process)
Work_Technique
casting (process)
Technique
|
|
Measurements:
|
|
126 cm (height)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
126 cm (height)
Measurements
|
|
Description:
|
|
A free-standing bronze commissioned by the Medici family. The David offered Verrocchio the chance to challenge Donatello’s celebrated bronze of the same subject (also in the Bargello). Verrocchio’s invocation both of the Classical models that influenced Donatello and of Donatello’s David itself is evident in the dignified countenance of his frontal figure, standing in a contrappostal pose, his left arm on his waist. However, more concrete and accurate, it represents a totally novel approach. Instead of showing, as had Donatello, a heroic nude embodying general ideals of beauty, grace and youth, he portrayed a given young hero whose tight leather tunic reveals a bony but taut torso. Depicting a dramatic moment, he thus replaced Donatello’s languorous and passive figure with an audacious conqueror, with a trace of a supercilious smile. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
A free-standing bronze commissioned by the Medici family. The David offered Verrocchio the chance to challenge Donatello’s celebrated bronze of the same subject (also in the Bargello). Verrocchio’s invocation both of the Classical models that influenced Donatello and of Donatello’s David itself is evident in the dignified countenance of his frontal figure, standing in a contrappostal pose, his left arm on his waist. However, more concrete and accurate, it represents a totally novel approach. Instead of showing, as had Donatello, a heroic nude embodying general ideals of beauty, grace and youth, he portrayed a given young hero whose tight leather tunic reveals a bony but taut torso. Depicting a dramatic moment, he thus replaced Donatello’s languorous and passive figure with an audacious conqueror, with a trace of a supercilious smile. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Description
|
|
Collection:
|
|
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Collection
|
|
Identifier:
|
|
7A1-VERR-MB-D-A05
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-VERR-MB-D-A05
Identifier
|
|
Rights:
|
|
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
|
