Talk:David (Donatello)
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Putting the image on the right solves the text wrapping problem, but now it looks as if he's turning his back on the article! This might seem a trivial point, but it's one of those things that bug me. I altered the image in the Rudyard Kipling article for the same reason, but using a mirror image wouldn't work on a full-length statue and I don't have a picture from the other side. Oh, why must life be so hard? :-/ Lee M 00:15, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- I think it throws things off to have the opening text of the article on the right, so when I'm floating left I put the image in front of the second paragraph, wraps better. I'm hoping Infrogmation thinks this change is OK. - Hephaestos 00:20, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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- Looks good to me, anyway. Thanks for the help. Lee M 18:20, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] Commentary on the Hats
I thought one of the most interesting part of this sculpture was also the hats. David is wearing a Florentine hat and Goliath is wearing a Milan hat symbolizing the (perceived) dominance of Florence over Milan. Any thoughts to including this?
[edit] Which Mary McCarthy?
[edit] Restoration
Apparently (from Rick Steve's web site)the statue is being restored currently and is viewable to the public. Is this the sort of thing we'd like to add here? Pthorson 19:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Suspicion leans toward Mercury and not Apollo?
He is depicted wearing a hat crowned in laurel, a tree sacred to Apollo, so why would Mercury be referenced instead? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.71.245.81 (talk) 06:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The way he's dressed, the pose, and the general "feel" of the statue definitely align more with my image of Hermes rather than Apollo - there's also the whole "killing a giant with a stone" parallel. The most plausible explanation is probably that we don't have any sources for comparisons to Apollo, but if you want to look for a reference, go for it. 24.206.237.65 (talk) 22:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
