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Michelangelo's David

Michelangelo the great painter and sculptor from Renaissance period has been credited with several master-pieces. He has immensely enriched the artistic perspectives of human kind. Perhaps at the top of his master piece is David, an 18 foot tall statue sculpted in marble. Looking at it marvelously solace our eyes and gives an belief of what a man is capable to do with its artistic intelligence. Standing today in National Museum of Italy it attracts many people from around the world to leave them with the memories of vivid yet meticulously sculpted art.

The story behind David :

Very few people actually know the story behind David. David was a 18 foot marble slab lying for several years even before the Michelangelo was born. Some great artist were invited including Leonardo Da Vince to create something of the slab but everyone rejected it claiming it to be "flawed & worthless". Several years later Michelangelo got to work on that "flawed & worthless" piece of marble and went to create this magnificent work of art. While he was working on David it happened that young boy asked Michelangelo "Why you are hitting the marble so hard ?". Michelangelo replied "Young man, there's an angel inside it & I am just setting it free."

If you think about it we are all like that piece of marble. There is a genius inside each of us waiting to be unleashed. None of us is flawed and worthless. In most cases we just waiting for right sculptor to come along, chisel away the rock and set us free.
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