Analyzing fourteenth- through sixteenth-century sculpture - AP Art History

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the following image is public domain, and can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David\_(Donatello)#/media/File:Florence\_-\_David\_by\_Donatello.jpg

The work is noteworthy for bringing attention to                     .

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David is the first instance in which there is a genuine blending of the Christian faith and the styles and forms of Classical figural art. Here is the first time that biblical figures are represented in the styles of the Classical masters. Yes, he is not the freestanding nudes we recognize- the Boxer, the Discus Thrower, those trim and muscled figures. David clings to the vestiges of Gothic figures, but he is nude and freestanding and has paved the way for more of his kind.

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