Verrocchio's David: more real, less ideal
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Andrea del Verrocchio, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1465, bronze with gilding, 126 cm high (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence)
A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker at the Bargello
OHHH I have tears... I made one of the best decisions of my life many years ago to study Italian in Florence for 5 months, and my Italian school also had Renaissance Art History classes in Italian in the afternoons, actually in each of the museums in front of the art!! And THAT period was when I discovered Smarthistory and became VERY familiar with Beth's and Steven's voices, also in the museums, churches, etc, also in front of the art!!! Including the Bargello, of course!! Thank you thank you thank you for the enormous joy you have added to my life!!! Grazie mille!!!!!
That is absolutely wonderful to hear. Many thanks for reaching out. What a treat to spend five months in Florence! You've made our day!
@@smarthistory-art-history 🙏🏻♥🙏🏻
Thank you as always.🙏
Siete sempre great!grazie
Seeing both of these again here brings back so many amazing memories of seeing them when I was in Florence. Thank you for featuring them.
It's the symbol of Florence means Medici family and Renaissance that all statues of David by Donatello, Verrocchio and Michelangelo, i know.
Aside to that, i lived in Toscana, Italy, then My Heart is with Florence😌...
sì, "Molte grazie per aver condiviso!" 🙋ciao♡
Your sharing of the elbow of young boy child …..reminding us there are “growth points” in these limbs yet to grow into his manhood…..thank you for your attention to detail….
We were just in the Bargello July of 2022. Our apartment was 5 minutes away...To each his / her/ their own. I've read and studied about David since I was 6 years old. My favorite David is Bernini's at the Borghese Gallery . The viewer is WRAPPED/ ENVELOPED in David's emotion and mission. I love and appreciate the use of classicism in the Verrocchio and Donatello Davids, but these young dudes are not giant slayers. ;-)
I love this rendition, but Donatello’s feels more contemplative and foreshadows the weight of kingship.
Plus I always see a Brent Spiner smirk in Verrocchio’s.
The hands are masterful
I was under the impression that the young Leonardo was his model.
I read that, too.
Leonardo assisted and learned his craft in Verrocchio's studio, which may account for the story, irresistible to later generations hungry for any stray biographical scrap they can recover on Leonardo, that the future genius can be discerned in this figure.
Its true.David of Verrochio is young Leo.
But this is serious connoiseurs stuff and what strikes me the most its the old bald man drawing presented as being Leonardo in all the art and history books, when in fact its his grandfather as Leonardo didnt made it to that age.
In some ways I like this David best of all... More relatable.
Best one of all. Much more realistic.
Master Verrochio, the Obi Wan Kenobi of the Renaissance!
Well put!
It's around the 2:00 minute mark why we understand why art critics are sometimes almost as important as the artist.
That very high praise is very much appreciated but we have the easy job, Verrocchio deserves the credit, not us.
What is the name of the armour/clothing he's wearing? I've seen it depicted on Angels and a few other statues but I'm unable to find a specific name. I usually end up at the word cuirass but I can't imagine one bending like that, or in colours like an almost transparent blue or yellow. Is it just something artist at the time made up to show off anatomy? Or is it an actual thing?
Yes it is a cuirass. In ancient Rome it could be metal or hard leather. In this classicizing sculpture, it is evidently much softer and an opportunity to reveal rather than protect the body beneath it.
Ruskin may be able to tell you something of Florence.
to be honest I find these statues so funny Looking 🤣🤣but what these arabic written lines mean on the dress?
Lettering of this sort is very common in the art of Italy at this time and is known as pseudoscript because it is meant to resemble the letterforms used for Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, etc. The point, beside being decorative, was to recall the Holy Land and the Biblical era. There is quite a bit of current scholarship on this topic if it is of interest.
@@smarthistory-art-history oh thank you! this is can lead to estoraic stuff what if these letters were cryptic language with hidden symbols
Stick with what's real, it's far more interesting.
@@smarthistory-art-history I do trust me :)