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Title:
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David
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Title:
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Detail, upper figure viewed from left, with sling and stone
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View:
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Detail, upper figure viewed from left, with sling and stone
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Creators:
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
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Date:
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1623-1624 (creation)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Location:
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repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5
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GPS:
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+41.914+12.492
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Culture:
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Italian
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Materials:
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white marble
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Work Types:
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visual works; casts (sculpture)
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Description:
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Begun after Apollo and Daphne but finished before, David was the last statue Bernini created for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. The vigorous pose is akin to the model of a man throwing a spear or stone in Leonardo da Vinci’s Trattato della pittura (for further discussion see Lavin, 1985, pp. 1-23), a model followed by Annibale Carracci in the figure of Polyphemus on the ceiling of the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese. The 25-year old Bernini modeled the youth's tense facial expression from his own face. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Image Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Vendor ID:
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7A1-BG-BG-D-D05
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MDID Identifier:
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79128
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Archivision Set:
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Archivision Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Measurements:
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170 cm (height)
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