That write up from Lexi's link is wrong, at least in 1997 when I went
to Florence. David was a full frontal view right along a passage way.
There he was seen from a distance as you walked towards him over about
50 to 60 metres.

Dear Bazz,

I didn't give a link on this thread.

I think Bazz was referring to my link on David, Lexi.

Anyhooo....I didn't read the article. I posted it merely for the photos of Michelangelo's superb artistry in depicting the male form.

Thanks Poirot. I hadn't read that previous page
and wondered what Bazz was referring to.
I'm an admirer of Michaelangelo's work. I was given
the book, "Michelangelo: Paintings, Sculptures,
Architecture by Ludwig Goldscheider for Christmas
a few decades ago - full of beautiful plates.
And the statue of David is a favourite. (Apollo's
not too bad either).

Lovely post, david f.

<< …I posted it merely for the photos of Michelangelo's superb artistry in depicting the male form. >>

Bububut, Poirot, David has got such a tiny willy!!

My mind boggles! Did Michelangelo actually feel some level of shame about depicting that part of the anatomy and deliberately made it smaller as a result? Or did he model it on himself? Or did men really have really tiny willies back then??

Been wondering about this all day!! ( :>/