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Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be ~ Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be Jane Sutcliffe John Shelley on FREE shipping on qualifying offers Michelangelo saw something—someone—special in the stone No one wanted the “giant” The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard

Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be by ~ Sutcliffe does a terrific job of telling the story of how Michelangelos David came to be I loved the way in which she links the story of David to the city of Florence and there is an informative authors note about the fate of the statue in the years after its creation and a very nice bibliography

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Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be ~ Stone Giant tells the story of Michelangelo’s creation of his famous statue of David in this beautifullyillustrated book The story takes place in the Italian republic of Florence The author presents the story as an analogy between the biblical story of David and Goliath and city of Florence against other Italian republics

Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be ~ No one wanted the giant The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard rained on hacked at and abandoneduntil a young Michelangelo saw his David in it This is the story of how a neglected discarded stone became a masterpiece for all time It is also a story about artabout an artists vision and process and about the ways in which we humans see ourselves reflected in art 32 Pages

Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be ~ By Jane Sutcliffe Illustrated by John Shelley Michelangelo saw something—someone—special in the stone No one wanted the “giant” The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard rained on hacked at and abandoned—until a young Michelangelo saw his David in it

Stone Giant Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be ~ Stone Giant Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be No one wanted the “giant” The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard rained on hacked at and abandoned—until a young Michelangelo saw his David in it

Stone Giant Michelangelos David and How He Came to Be ~ A Renaissance icon and one of the most towering in more ways than one of Western civilizations artworks gets a humorous but respectful downtoearth and easytounderstand treatment Readers learn that the city fathers always intended to have a statue of David carved as a symbol of the small but powerful city