The Four Davids David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…David is a full grown man. He, like Michelangelo's David, also appears to be strong, brave and gifted enough to slaughter Goliath. Works Cited · Fichner-Rathus, Lois. Understanding Art. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995. · Italian Masters. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1940. · Meyer, Alfred Gotthold. Donatello. Liepzig: Fischer & Wittig, 1904. · Scribner, Charles. Gianlorenzo Bernini. New York: H.N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.