Florentine History and Civic Identity
Florentine History and Civic Identity
"This book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo's statue was to be a companion.
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This book presents new archival sources, suggests new interpretations of the David, and connects the statue to contemporary historical events in Florence. Intended both for the general reader and for a scholarly audience, it will interest historians of popular culture, art historians, and historians generally.
