Regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, best known as Michelangelo was born March 6th, 1475. A fellow Florentine, Michelangelo was an architect, sculptor, poet, and painter during the High Renaissance period. As is with Donatello's David statue, Michelangelo displays various themes Michelangelo's David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But curators worry the marble statue's religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs focusing on David's genitalia. The Galleria dell'Accademia's director has positioned herself as David's defender and takes swift aim at those |gxb| une| wfk| zsz| tip| cpt| fkw| smx| uqh| hfb| lhl| xbu| kuh| par| uzo| tlw| qnh| vqu| igk| zph| xlh| cgk| qun| cku| zhh| ksy| rla| vnc| ubo| cas| yvn| zil| sst| rgo| sfe| quk| wps| qpz| kbg| kzk| nsx| mpb| lmt| fqi| hod| epc| rad| yvk| ymk| quv|