Friday, as a class we went to the Galleria Academia. Here they exhibited Michelangelo's David. I was very excited to see it because its so famous. The sculpture was larger than what I had imagined. Michelangelo started this masterpiece when he was 26 years old. It is made out of white marble and is about twice the size of a human. I cant even imagine how heavy it is or how they transported it from its original location. The size of his hands and head is larger in scale and unproportioned with the rest of his body. Its hard for me to imagine how someone can create something so beautiful and with so much detail out of such a hard material to work with. In the Academia there were also other pieces of artwork that were amazing and I enjoyed viewing.
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