sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL The statue of young David was made from a flawed piece of marble that had been ruined by two artists, and no one was willing to work on it. Despite the flaws in the marble, Michelangelo accepted twww.britannica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL The statue of young David was made from a flawed piece of marble that had been ruined by two artists, and no one was willing to work on it. Despite the flaws in the marble, Michelangelo accepted twww.britannica.comsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShaunaTheDead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAlso a little known fact about the David statue is that it’s over 5 meters tall! (That’s over 16 feet for the metrically challenged, or about 3 times taller than the average person)
Also a little known fact about the David statue is that it’s over 5 meters tall! (That’s over 16 feet for the metrically challenged, or about 3 times taller than the average person)