Papi travelled from Florence to the Port of Livorno known as Leghorn in English with the crates where they were then loaded onboard the ship, The Cheshire Witch. Large, modern exhibition rooms in the newly built Museum offered an ideal space in which to display the gigantic five metre high figure, and the cast was given a prominent position in a gallery comprising Italian art. The Museum's then Director, Henry Cole, witnessed the assembly of the cast on the 21st February and noted in his diary that "… Mr Cowper remained till 4.
When the museum opened four months later on the 20th June , students, artists and craftsman flocked to the museum to admire Papi's faithful copy of Michelangelo's masterpiece. In , a cast of Michelangelo's masterpiece Moses was also acquired into the collection.
In , when the new Architectural Courts today known as the Cast Courts were constructed, David was moved to the East Court where he has been on display ever since. This gallery has traditionally housed plaster casts of Italian origin and he was originally framed by the monumental cast of Jacopo della Quercia's great arch from the Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna A few years later he was moved to the other end of the gallery, and in he was moved to a more prominent position in the central axis.
Moving the cast was a slow, complex, and nerve-wracking operation involving a team of technicians and a large wheeled scaffold structure.
During the move, the team noticed that there were traces of soap on the lower edge of the plinth indicating that the cast had been previously drawn across the tile floor on wooden planks lubricated with soap. Our cast of David is perhaps not as famous as the original but is still highly important, as it demonstrates the profound skill and ingenuity of the cast makers and captures the condition of the original marble as it was in , when the mould was taken. X-rays have revealed that the metal rods supporting the legs are arranged similarly to human leg bones and cleverly support the entire figure so that it can stand alone on such a scale.
Papi also designed the cast so that it could be dismantled and reassembled, which explains the visible joints. Papi's original moulds do not survive, but new moulds have been made at various points by other cast makers.
Michelangelo fu assunto per completare il progetto - la scultura doveva essere parte di una serie di statue raffiguranti figure dell'Antico Testamento, da posizionarsi nei contrafforti del Duomo di Firenze. Michelangelo scelse di rappresentare David prima della battaglia: vigile e pronto per il combattimento. La fiducia in se stesso e la concentrazione che traspaiono erano valori tenuti in grande considerazione nel Rinascimento, un periodo nel quale si guardava all'ideale di un uomo riflessivo e ragionevole.
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The account of the battle between David and Goliath is told in Book 1 Samuel. Saul and the Israelites are facing the Philistines near the Valley of Elah. Twice a day for 40 days, Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, comes out between the lines and challenges the Israelites to send out a champion of their own to decide the outcome in single combat. Only David, a young shepherd, accepts the challenge.
Saul reluctantly agrees and offers his armor, which David declines since it is too large, taking only his sling and five stones from a brook. David and Goliath thus confront each other, Goliath with his armor and shield, David armed only with his rock, his sling, his faith in God and his courage. David hurls a stone from his sling with all his might and hits Goliath in the center of his forehead: Goliath falls on his face to the ground, and David then cuts off his head. Traditionally, David had been portrayed after his victory, triumphant over the slain Goliath.
Michelangelo instead, for the first time ever, chooses to depict David before the battle. David is tense: Michelangelo catches him at the apex of his concentration. He stands relaxed, but alert, resting on a classical pose known as contrapposto. The story of the creation of David. The restoration of David in It is known from archive documents that Michelangelo worked at the statue in utmost secrecy , hiding his masterpiece in the making up until January Since he worked in the open courtyard, when it rained he worked soaked.
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