Re: Another question.

["Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>]

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 JLuvzMusyk at aol_com wrote:

> and, since i've seen it in person, i *must* mention how much i *love*
> michael angelo's _david_.  our tour guide spoke of many things as we
> made our way into the hall of michael angelo's work, especially the
> spiritual connection between all of the abandoned statues in front of us
> and the perfect creation david.  i could have stood there for hours,
> gazing into his eyes and wondering what was going through his mind.
>
> one of the questions posed to us before going up to the statue is
> whether we thought he was preparing to kill the giant, or if he already
> had.  it was fun to guess, and see who was right!

Is the statue really based on the *biblical* David?  I have heard
otherwise -- David isn't exactly a rare name -- but I've never looked into
the matter.

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