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(8,170 posts) Sat May 3, 2014, 04:58 AM May 2014

Ok, so I posted about US/European art appreciation in a Lounge style and [View all]

That got me to wondering about Michaelangelo's David and why it is so highly regarded.

The thing is that there is another renaissance statue of David and it has everything going for it; allow me to introduce -

Bernini's David

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Ok, so I posted about US/European art appreciation in a Lounge style and [View all] intaglio May 2014 OP

Three Davids rrneck May 2014 #1

Maybe because Bernini's is 'covered'. Avalux May 2014 #2

Given that many of the classical nude statues were, really, upper class porn intaglio May 2014 #3

and Donatello's: elleng May 2014 #4

I've only just noticed intaglio May 2014 #5

Uh, that's the way they come--factory fresh, I understand. Manifestor_of_Light May 2014 #6