Florence, while it doesn’t hold the major amount of history still holds quite a bit. Unlike Rome, with all it’s historical monuments, Florence holds it’s history mostly in art aside from the Duomo and the Ponte Vecchio. I didn’t realize how much art was collected there. It holds from both the Medieval and Renaissance eras. The Uffizi Gallery holds some of the most impressive paintings. The Birth of Venus, Springtime, Leonardo DaVince’s very first painting. The one that took my birth completely away was on going to to the Galleria de’ Academia and setting my eyes on the beautiful and handsome David. David was sculpted by the famous Michelangelo at the age of 26. Two people before him tried on creating David but were unable to do so. For 26 years the unfinished and rough statue remained in storage untouched by no one. Wanting the statue of David to be finished, multiple artists were considered. Michelangelo came up and argued on why he should be commissioned to sculpt David and he won. It took him about two years or so to do. Good thing that they chose Michelangelo, good thing he was a good persuasive speaker because I can’t imagine anyone being able to create a better David. I couldn’t stop looking at David for as long as we were at the museum. I found him to be completely and utterly breathtaking. The amount of detail in David is incredible, from the veins in his hands, and in his thighs as he stands, in his chest where you can outlines of the ribs, his curly hair. Michelangelo took much advantage in knowing the human anatomy and body structure. Never have I seen a more handsome man than that of David. I wonder if David is a representation of an actual person that Michelangelo knew. Copies of David can be seen throughout Florence, one in the Piazza Signori where it originally was placed, a one day copy was placed at the Florence Cathedral. David, to me looked like if I touched would turn and look down at me. I expected David to move and walk around as if the magic in the movie The Night at the Museum was real. I thought that maybe it wasn’t a statue at all, maybe it was a just a guy standing there and would come down from its pedestal any minute. David, to me is greatest piece of art there is, none can ever top it. Michelangelo continues to be my favorite Renaissance artist there is.