The David

I will be researching one of Michelangelo's most famous peaces of art, which is the statue of David also known as The David. After some research I realized that The David has is symbolic in many different ways, and depending on the resource The David has a different meaning. In addition because The David is an important peace of art, when someone thinks of Florence, Italy they automatically think of The David. I want to further investigate the meaning of The David for Italy as well as the reason that Florence is well known for having The David. 

  Recently Italy faced a tremendous earthquake, in Rome, and many people were killed. Along with the amount of people who died, some of Italian culture was crushed as well. I would like to do research, and see the affects of the earth quake on the culture of Italy. As well as the importance of The David, if it is more important now than before. 

  Over the course of the year we have learned different histories of the different countries, as well as some history of art. Since Michelangelo lived during the Renaissance and created The David during that time period, I wonder if any of the techniques he used on The David relate back to something we have learned this year. I want find resources that would describe the reasoning behind each technique that Michelangelo used, and see if anything relates to my knowledge of  modern world history.