This Week in History: David & Michelangelo
by David
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Friday, 13 September 2019
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Published in For Students, For Teachers, Renaissance Europe, Western Civilization

Michelangelo’s David, photographed by Jörg Bittner Unna, courtesy of Wikimedia
This week in 1501, Michelangelo began work on his statue of David, one of Renaissance Italy’s most famous works of art. The artist took three years to complete the piece, unveiling it in 1504. David was originally meant to stand on the roof-line of the Florence Cathedral, but it (he) was instead placed at Palazzo Vecchio in the public square. In 1873, David was moved to the Gallery of the Academy of Florence, with a replica standing in the original site.
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