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TIL 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 t (www.britannica.com)
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Michelangelo turned an unfinished statue into an iconic piece of Renaissance art.

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[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

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)