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This is a clay model of the torso of Michelangelo's David's torso, about 2 feet high. I figured for anyone interested in anatomy and classical sculpture this would be a great one to study.

Originally I wanted to do the full figure in marble ( only 3 feet high!) for my final year college piece - the head of carving said ANYTHING BUT THAT! The David is so well known and publicised, used in adverts and even Monty Python that it's now seen as a really kitsch object, despite the fact that it represents one of the highest conceptions of anatomical beauty ever achieved. It's such a shame.

With this I wanted to study it in great detail, and by removing everything that identifies it as David hopefully make people take another look at what Michelangelo did. I know what I've made doesn't come near the subtlety of the original but I hope it does re-present a shadow of it, in anonymous form.

Description
This is a clay model of the torso of Michelangelo's David's torso, about 2 feet high. I figured for anyone interested in anatomy and classical sculpture this would be a great one to study.

Originally I wanted to do the full figure in marble ( only 3 feet high!) for my final year college piece - the head of carving said ANYTHING BUT THAT! The David is so well known and publicised, used in adverts and even Monty Python that it's now seen as a really kitsch object, despite the fact that it represents one of the highest conceptions of anatomical beauty ever achieved. It's such a shame.

With this I wanted to study it in great detail, and by removing everything that identifies it as David hopefully make people take another look at what Michelangelo did. I know what I've made doesn't come near the subtlety of the original but I hope it does re-present a shadow of it, in anonymous form.