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My name is Laura Gallagher and I'm a 3d character artist. I travelled to Florence for one month to study Michelangelo and this is part 2 of my analysis of Michelangelo. In this video we talk about Michelangelo's preference for expression over reproduction and discuss why the David is such a problematic piece in Michelangelo's body of work.
Credits and attributions:
The marble sculpture I practiced on is the work of Otello Scatolini:
otelloscatolini.com
Discussion of Night in the NEJM:
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200011233432118
Cover image and other images of Michelangelo's David by Jörg Bittner Unna:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)
Images of Bernini's David from Burkhard Mücke:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini%27s_David_02.jpg
Image of Saint Proculus by Sailko:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autori_vari,_arca_di_san_domenico,_protettori_di_bologna,_02_procolo_di_michelangelo,_1494.jpg
Image of Rebellious Slave by Jörg Bittner Unna:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Rebellious_Slave%27_Michelangelo_JBU81.jpg
Image of Genius of Victory by Sailko:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_vecchio,_michelangelo,_genio_della_vittoria_01.1.jpg
Book on Donatello:
Donatello, Scala, ISBN 978-888117213-9
Book on Bernini:
Bernini, ATS Italia Editrice, ISBN 9788875717766
Book on Michelangelo:
Michelangelo, ATS Italia Editrice, ISBN 9788887654639
My name is Laura Gallagher and I'm a 3d character artist. I travelled to Florence for one month to study Michelangelo and this is part 2 of my analysis of Michelangelo. In this video we talk about Michelangelo's preference for expression over reproduction and discuss why the David is such a problematic piece in Michelangelo's body of work.
Credits and attributions:
The marble sculpture I practiced on is the work of Otello Scatolini:
otelloscatolini.com
Discussion of Night in the NEJM:
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200011233432118
Cover image and other images of Michelangelo's David by Jörg Bittner Unna:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)
Images of Bernini's David from Burkhard Mücke:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini%27s_David_02.jpg
Image of Saint Proculus by Sailko:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autori_vari,_arca_di_san_domenico,_protettori_di_bologna,_02_procolo_di_michelangelo,_1494.jpg
Image of Rebellious Slave by Jörg Bittner Unna:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Rebellious_Slave%27_Michelangelo_JBU81.jpg
Image of Genius of Victory by Sailko:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_vecchio,_michelangelo,_genio_della_vittoria_01.1.jpg
Book on Donatello:
Donatello, Scala, ISBN 978-888117213-9
Book on Bernini:
Bernini, ATS Italia Editrice, ISBN 9788875717766
Book on Michelangelo:
Michelangelo, ATS Italia Editrice, ISBN 9788887654639
