Arts: Donatello's bronze "David" (around 1440) was the first…

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Did you know? Donatello's bronze "David" (around 1440) was the first free-standing nude statue in Western Europe since antiquity — for over 1,000 years nudity in sculpture had been taboo. He is strikingly slender and boyish, not the muscular David Michelangelo would make 60 years later.

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Donatello's bronze "David" (around 1440) was the first free-standing nude statue in Western Europe since antiquity — for over 1,000 years nudity in sculpture had been taboo. He is strikingly slender and boyish, not the muscular David Michelangelo would make 60 years later.

Donatello's bronzen "David" (rond 1440) was het eerste vrijstaande naakte beeld in West-Europa sinds de oudheid — meer dan 1.000 jaar lang was naaktheid in beeldhouwkunst taboe. Hij is opvallend slank en jongensachtig, niet de gespierde David die Michelangelo 60 jaar later zou maken.

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