Who was David? Michelangelo and Donetello Possess Contradicting Illustrations

             The book states Michelangelo's David finely illustrates Appollonian classicism, while Donatello's David illustrates a portion of the renaissance labeled passionate individualism. I firmly believe these statues are perfectly labeled with the books assertions. Michelangelo's david articulately resembles the sculptures found in the classical period. They articulate the human bodies perfection, Davids pristine figure solidifies this claim. The "S" shape is prevalent in a few circumstances in Michelangelo's David, traveling from the left side of his face illuminating the body of the "S" with his pelvic area, down through his left leg.

            On the contrary, Donetello's David appears to be a statue illuminating something entirely novel in the ceramic world. As our natural ability can easily detect, David is distictly made of black clay. He's also wearing a hat, holding onto what appears to be a weapon of some sort. Donetello didn't branch out as far to absolutely extinguish the "S" curve from the statue, it's easily recognizable. The passionate individualism is very well illustrated in this sculpture, as Donetello essentially introduced a completely new David. He left the classical sculpting customs in the dust, and distinctly sculpted his vision of David as he wanted. In essence, Donetello broke free from the chains of the classical world, he introduced novel elements in the realm of sculpting, and changed the course proceeding sculpters would follow forever.
            An important element of these two sculptures and how they reflect the renaissance is that these two sculptures are completely foils of eachother. Another important note to take here is that when I think about the renaissance I dont think of one image in particular, rather I imagine humanity in a state of constant war, constant uneccessary human suffering, and a bunch of talented people performing some serious soul searching. The expression of art during the renaissance reflected humanity in a state of curiousity, artists such as Donetello were sick and tired of the status quo, they were the select few that entirely understood that there must be a better way the humans of the world can express themselves.