Writing Homework Help

Michelangelo’s David was inspired by Donatello’s Early Renaissance David.

Answer one of the following questions:

(1) What makes Michelangelo’s David stylistically significant?

What stylistic characteristics of the High Renaissance are exemplified in

this artwork?

What stylistic influences can you identify?

OR

(2) Why is Michelangelo’s David culturally significant? What does its subject

matter, theme or style tell us about the High Renaissance culture that

produced it?