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Introduction

There are three different version of The David sculpture created by the three great sculptors, who
are Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini, during the Early Renaissance, High Renaissance and
Baroque period respectively. Each sculpture is unique in its own certain way. There are some
similarities and differences between these three versions of The David sculpture.

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Topic sentence: The three sculptures showed similarities and differences in terms of the subject
matter.

Supporting sentence: All these three sculptures have the similar subject matter, which is
depicting David, the man portrayed in the Bible who is destined to become Israel¶s second King.

Detail sentence: One of David¶s well-known stories was the time when he killed the Philistine
giant, Goliath, with a sling and a stone.

Supporting sentence: Although they have the same subject matter, they actually depicted David
in different ways.

Detail sentence: Donatello presented David as a young boy who seemed incapable and amazed at
his feat; Michelangelo's David has just reached manhood and is capable of great physical and
intellectual feats, like defeating Goliath; while Bernini's David is a full grown man.

Concluding sentence: Thus the sculptures portrayed the same subject matter but they depicted
David in different ways.
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Topic sentence: The type of sculptures, method and the materials used to create the sculptures
might be similar or different among these three David sculptures.

Supporting sentence: All these three different versions of The David are the free standing statue.

Detail sentence: The David by Donatello is a bronze sculpture while the other two are the marble
statue.

Supporting sentence: Donatello used the lost-wax method, which is the additive method to create
the statue, whereas Michelangelo and Bernini used the subtractive method when creating the
sculptures.

Detail sentence: Additive method is the process of creating sculpture by adding material to
create the work, whereas subtractive method involves the removing of material.

Concluding sentence: Therefore, all the three sculptures are free standing but created using the
different methods and materials.

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Topic sentence: The David sculptures showed some visual characteristics.

Supporting sentence: Donatello¶s David sculpture is the first free standing nude statue, with the
height of 62.25´.

Detail sentence: Donatello is often interested in the psychology of his figures and interested in
textures.

Supporting sentence: Donatello developed his own style of relief known as schiacciato
("flattened out").

Detail sentence: This technique involved extremely shallow carving and utilized light and
shadow to create the full pictorial scene.
Supporting sentence: Michelangeloµs David sculpture is the largest among these three, with the
height of 14¶33´.

Detail sentence: He also displays an excellent use of contrast in David: Contrast can be seen in
the wrinkles on David's face, the veins in his hands, and in the texture of his slingshot.

Supporting sentence: However, it does not show too much contrast that would certainly diminish
the physical beauty of man that Michelangelo wished to emphasize.

Detail sentence: This could explain why David is not wearing any clothing or shoes.

Supporting sentence: Bernini¶s @ has a life size with a height of 170cm.

Detail sentence: It has a single viewpoint, on the central axis and eyelevel for the viewer.

Supporting sentence: The lines on David¶s face are soft but tense at the same time to show the
anguish and fight in his mind.

Detail sentence: Bernini used beautiful lines to make the figure more lifelike and even went so
far as to delicately sculpt the tendrils of his hair.

Concluding sentence: Thus, Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini made use of several elements,
such as space, plane, line, texture, to display some visual characteristics on the sculptures.

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Topic sentence: The style characteristics between these three sculptures are contrasted.

Supporting sentence: Donatello depicted David with the style of naturalistic and symbolic.

Detail sentence: Donatello¶s David represented a heroic figure to the Florentines who saw him as
a symbol of their own struggle against powerful forces.

Supporting sentence: Donatello depicted David at rest after he killed Goliath.

Detail sentence: In this sculpture, David does not look victorious but more as we might think a
young leader might look when facing a giant, a bit quizzical and unsure.
Supporting sentence: Michelangelo created an idealistic David sculpture.

Detail sentence: Michelangelo's David depicts the ideal youth who has just reached manhood and
is capable of great physical and intellectual feats,

Supporting sentence: Michelangelo presented David before the battle, with the tension and
emotion evident in every vein and muscle.

Detail sentence: Davis is depicted as a highly confident person, and he is portrayed as a "most
beautiful animal preparing to kill-not by savagery and brute force, but by intellect and skill".

Supporting sentence: Bernini's David is the most dramatic, the most realistic portrayal of the
biblical hero.

Detail sentence: His hero is full-grown and fully engaged-both physically and psychologically-as
he takes aim and twists his tensed, muscular body a split second before slinging the stone,
grasped in his left hand.

Supporting sentence: The David depicted by Bernini shows him in the process of the fight.

Detail sentence: Bernini has chosen to capture a fraction of time in the course of a continuous
movement.

Concluding sentence: Therefore, since the sculptures are created during the different period,
there are some differences in style characteristics between the three versions of David sculpture
by Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the David sculpted by Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini have their similarities
and differences. Each of these artists chose to create David in their own special ways. All these
three sculptures are the great masterpiece. In my opinion, they each did a wonderful job of telling
a story that will live on forever, just as their names and the sculptures will.

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