2010
DAVID
ON THE DUOMO
Installation of a copy
of David on the dome of
the Florence Cathedral
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project start
date
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CULTER per
Florens 2010
nell’ambito
della Settimana
dei beni
culturali ed
ambientali |
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collaborators |
Opera di Santa
Maria del Fiore |
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Sovrintendenza
ai beni
architettonici,
ambientali e
paesaggistici -
Firenze, Pistoia
e Prato |
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Studi d’Arte
Cave
Michelangelo,
Carrara di
Franco Barattini
- Luciano
Massari |
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Tradizioni
Popolari
Fiorentine,
Palagio di Parte
Guelfa |
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Comune di
Firenze |
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time period |
12 to 20
November 2010 |
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promoter |
Florens 2010 |
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client |
Associazione
Culturale
CULTER - Enrica
Maria Paoletti,
Chiara Damiani |
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location |
Florence, Italy
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technical design |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect &
Vanni Meozzi ,
Architect |
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construction
supervisor |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect |
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structural
engineer |
Mario Ciatti,
Consulting
Engineer |
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safety
coordinators |
Paola Falaschi,
Architect &
Claudio Riggio
Engineer for
PROGEM |
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scientific
consultants |
Sergio Risaliti
- Francesco
Vossilla |
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production |
Loredana
Terminio,
Massimo Carotti,
Rossella De
Luca, Argentina
Giusti, Lucia
Guida |
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construction |
Opera Santa
Maria del Fiore
- Studi d'Arte
Cave
Michelangelo -
Impresa CAF |
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publications |
- Aparte Arte
No.10 Periodico
Associazione
Pecci |
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- Panorama
11-11-2010 |
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- Winter 2011
No.17 Firenze
Made In Tuscany |
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web |
http://www.newnotizie.it/2010/11/21/a-spasso-per-firenze-insieme-al-david/
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http://www.youtube.com/user/ronycadavid |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIuUbS9JfTE |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYh3jYJsLBY |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5D9rVtXkH4 |
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http://www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiv2.asp?IDelemento=99431 |
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http://wn.com/LANZALIBRE |
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http://www.culter.it/speciali.html
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This project started as
an homage to one of the
greatest masterpieces of
Italian and Florentine
sculpture, known all
over the world. The
effort re-ignited a
cultural clash that
began with the very
creation of the work. In
1504, when
Michelangelo’s David was
first shown to the city,
a controversy erupted
over its placement
within the city. Some
wanted it to be located
in front of the
Cathedral, others in the
Loggia dei Lanzi and yet
others at the entrance
to the Palazzo Vecchio.
The concerns were not
only the architectural
and urban design issues
of the day, but more
importantly, the
political and religious
implications. At issue
was not only the city’s
historical self-image as
the ‘David’ versus
Goliath, but also one of
the great dilemmas of
Rennaisance Italy - the
conflict of the
increasingly
humanist/secular
sensitivities versus the
role of the church.
The essence of the
project was to explore
the issues of placing
the sculpture in the
different locations
originally contemplated.
A life-size replica of
David, made from
fiberglass and powdered
marble, was fabricated
by the firm Art Studies
Cave Michelangelo.
During the Florens 2010
festival, the light
weight piece was then
installed on the dome of
the Florence Cathedral
and other locations in a
way that could only be
imagined by the great
artists of the age
including Leonardo da
Vinci, Sandro Botticelli
and Michelangelo,
himself. The
Installations coincided
with readings of
historical documents
highlighting the
controversies over the
respective locations.
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