Question

What is remarkable about Renaissance artist Donatello's sculpture of David, the biblical shepherd who slayed Goliath?

Answer 1

What is remarkable about Renaissance artist Donatello's sculpture of David, the biblical shepherd who slayed Goliath?

David is portrayed as an adolescent rather than an adult.

David is unclothed, unlike the other sculptures of that era.

David is made from marble and not bronze.

Answer 2

David is portrayed as an adolescent rather than an adult

im pretty sure its this because it was commissioned by the medici family and placed in their garden but viewers who saw the statue were shocked and offended by it