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David Statue Returns to Italy

Posted by nuts Humor Obesity Italy Health Fast Food Diet David Statue America

Michaelangelo's David was invited to visit America by his American friends. After a one year tour, David finally returns to Italy. He looks more or less the same, except...


Take a look and compare his pictures from before and after the trip:


 


Before the trip:


Before the trip


 


After the trip:



 


This trip was proudly sponsored by the following American enterprises:



 


- By an unknown author


 


More information on David:


According to Wikipedia, David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture sculpted by Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504. The 5.17 meter (17 ft)[1] marble statue portrays the Biblical King David in the nude. Unlike previous depictions of David which portray the hero after his victory over Goliath, Michelangelo chose to represent David before the fight contemplating the battle yet to come.[2] It came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic, an independent city state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici themselves. This interpretation was also encouraged by the original setting of the sculpture outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence. The completed sculpture was unveiled on 8 September, 1504.

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