David

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AURELIO AMENDOLA ANTONIO PAOLUCCI

Royal Academy of Arts

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AURELIO AMENDOLA has specialised in photographing works of art throughout his long career. In 1994 he was awarded the Premio Oscar Goldoni for his book Un occhio su Michelangelo

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ANTONIO PAOLUCCI is Soprintendente per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Firenze, Pistoia e Prato, and served as Minister for the Beni Culturali in 1995–96

DAVID A masterwork of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo’s David is one of the world’s best-known sculptures. The biblical hero is portrayed by the Florentine sculptor as a beautiful, victorious athlete who radiates youth, vitality and strength. In this handsome book the renowned art historian Antonio Paolucci revisits the biblical story to rediscover David’s personality, reconstructing the milestones in the creation of this magnificent work of art and its subsequent history. The precision of Michelangelo’s rendering of human anatomy, the grace of the carving and the virile elegance of the figure’s pose can all be appreciated in Aurelio Amendola’s stunning new photographs, which reveal every detail as well as the wonder of the whole.

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