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The history of the statue begins before Michelangelo's work on it from 1501 to 1504. Prior to Michelangelo's involvement, the Overseers of the Office of Works of Florence Cathedral,

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The pose of Michelangelo's David is unlike that of earlier Renaissance depictions of David. The bronze statues by Donatello and Verrocchio represented the hero standing victorious over the head of

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During World War II, David was entombed in brick to protect it from damage from airborne bombs.
In 1991, the foot of the statue was damaged by a man with a

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• List of works by Michelangelo
• List of tallest statues

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1. ^ See
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ This theory was first proposed by Saul Levine "The Location of Michelangelo's David: The Meeting of January 25, 1504, The Art Bulletin 56 (1974): 31–49.

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• Coonin, A. Victor, From Marble to Flesh: The Biography of Michelangelo’s David, Florence: The Florentine Press, 2014. ISBN 9788897696025.
• Goffen, Rona (2002). Renaissance Rivals:

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• 10 Facts That You Don't Know About Michelangelo's David
• Michelangelo Buonarroti: David, Art and the Bible
• The Digital Michelangelo Project, Stanford University

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