David (Bernini)i

Galleria Borghese, Room II Michelangelo's David waits; Bernini's, carved in 1623, is already mid-throw, with the stone loaded in the sling and the whole body wound up to let it fly. Stand where David is aiming, roughly where Goliath would be, and the figure feels as if it is about to burst out of…

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