Monday, August 8, 2011

These noted clothed representations of the martyr-saint stand in stark contrast to those which portray St. Sebastian as semi-nude at approximately at the same time. Between 1428 and 1432, Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi aka Donatello broke with tradition and produced his elegant and sensual young David (See: Figure 150). Even though the sculpture was rooted in Old Testament tradition, he portrayed a nude, Apollonian ephebe in all his self-absorbed charm, helmeted and with leather boots. Andrea del Verrocchio in 1473 (See: Figure 151) produced an elegant, proud youth but clothed in a leather doublet and short wrap as he stands over his trophy. Michaelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti's monumental David (1501-1504) (See: Figure 152) is a transcendental, nude adolescent that brooks no compromise.


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