Entstaubt, gepflegt und geliebt: Michelangelos David in Florenz
Alle zwei Monate wird die mehr als 500 Jahre alte David-Marmorstatue in Florenz entstaubt, gepflegt und auf Schäden kontrolliert.
Seit 150 Jahren ist sie sein Zuhause, und dort wird er gebührlich und mit dem Respekt eines weltberühmten Hausherrn behandelt.
Seit 150 Jahren ist sie sein Zuhause, und dort wird er gebührlich und mit dem Respekt eines weltberühmten Hausherrn behandelt.
Transcript
00:00 Every two months, the more than 500-year-old David marble statue in Florence is dusted,
00:06 cared for and checked for damage.
00:09 It has been at his home for 150 years, and there he is treated with respect and with
00:13 the respect of a world-famous landlord.
00:17 The imposing marble statue of David, which Michelangelo built at the beginning of the year 1500,
00:23 stood in the open for centuries before it was brought to a private museum in the Galleria
00:27 dell'Accademia in Florence, a house built for them, protected from the weather.
00:33 It was brought to this museum 150 years ago and we see it here in a religious context.
00:40 The museum was built in the form of a basilica with a real apsis.
00:46 Right in the middle, where you normally find the main altar, Michelangelo's David stands,
00:52 explains Cecilia Holberg, director of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.
00:58 Thorough physical care, every two months.
01:00 The more than five meters high statue of the shepherd who defeated the giant Goliath and
01:06 then became the king of the Jews, is now one of the most famous sculptures in the world.
01:12 It is cared for carefully and regularly.
01:15 Every two months the museum closes for a day, so that David is dusted and thoroughly
01:21 checked.
01:22 You get to know and love the work of art, you see how it changes, you observe and check
01:29 if everything is in order, just like with a real person, a loved one, says Eleonora Pucchi,
01:36 restorer.
01:37 The landlord does not seem to be particularly bothered by the hundreds of people who pay
01:43 him a visit every day.
01:44 But whoever knows him well knows that this is not true.
01:48 I really wonder what he thinks about what he sees around him every day, about the people
01:55 who come here to see him, and whether he actually feels understood by them, whether they know
02:01 him well, whether they understand where they are, says Pucchi.
02:06 Original copy of David in the open.
02:09 For the next two months, until the next dusting, David will continue to be received patiently
02:15 by visitors.
02:18 We are here on the square of the Palazzo della Signoria, where a copy of Michelangelo's
02:25 David has been guarding the city for 150 years.
02:27 It is certainly not as significant as the original, which is preserved in the Galleria
02:31 dell'Accademia, but still a necessary symbol of Italian art and culture.
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