The standard of male beauty and one of the most si...

The standard of male beauty and one of the most significant masterpieces of world art is the work of David by Michelangelo. As more than 500 years ago, it became possible to create something like this, does not fit into the head. This giant, Michelangelo carved from a single piece of marble, which was waiting for the master 40 years. Before he started to work, this piece of marble was twice abandoned by other sculptors because of a crack in the stone. After the creation of David, the great Michelangelo was awarded the title of master and received for his work 900 ducats. By today's standards, this amount has made a 29-year-old sculptor - a millionaire. By the way the great Leonardo da Vinci, so much money has not earned in his entire life.
For more than 500 years, David has experienced much. He lost his gilding, he was bathed before the 500th anniversary, and in 1991, he was injured. Not quite a sane artist, Piero Cannata got to the statue with a hammer and hit him on the finger with a piece.
There is a five-meter statue in the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence and is there the most interesting exhibit