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Avalux

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2. Maybe because Bernini's is 'covered'.

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Sat May 3, 2014, 11:17 AM

May 2014

I prefer this one too - the face, the expression, the body in motion; I find it the most pleasing. This is the David I'd want in my corner (and maybe somewhere else, teehee).

But he's not completely nude. Maybe that's why it wasn't popular at the time??

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Ok, so I posted about US/European art appreciation in a Lounge style and [View all] intaglio May 2014 OP

Three Davids rrneck May 2014 #1

Maybe because Bernini's is 'covered'. Avalux May 2014 #2

Given that many of the classical nude statues were, really, upper class porn intaglio May 2014 #3

and Donatello's: elleng May 2014 #4

I've only just noticed intaglio May 2014 #5

Uh, that's the way they come--factory fresh, I understand. Manifestor_of_Light May 2014 #6