UNIT 2
David
Style:
a definite preference for sculpture, the Pietà and David,
Subject:
marble statue, the Biblical King David in the nude, a representation of the moment between conscious choice and
conscious action, based on artistic drawings of the male human form, the concepts of disegno, an example of the
contrapposto style of posing the human form, stands with one leg holding its full weight and the other leg relaxed. This
classic pose , a slight s-curve to the entire torso, not quite true to the human form; the head and upper body, hands are
also larger, a symbol of both strength and youthful human beauty.