DAVID MICHELANGO, DONATELLO, this is on the four different architures that are sculptures of David.

The Four Davids David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…David is a full grown man. He, like Michelangelo's David, also appears to be strong, brave and gifted enough to slaughter Goliath. Works Cited · Fichner-Rathus, Lois. Understanding Art. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995. · Italian Masters. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1940. · Meyer, Alfred Gotthold. Donatello. Liepzig: Fischer & Wittig, 1904. · Scribner, Charles. Gianlorenzo Bernini. New York: H.N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.