David

No, it isn’t me. My hands are not that big. Interestingly the hands look large and out of proportion, apparently, because the statue was supposed to be mounted high up, and the perspective would have changed. An alternative view is that because Michelangelo carved from an old block of marble that nobody else wanted, because of the faults, the location of the faults defined the hands.
Either way, no visit to Florence would be complete without a visit to see him. The museum is spectacular, for both sculpture and paintings.



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