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Tammy Moran
Art History 225
05/17/2014
All the David’s

Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640
David Slaying Goliath
Oil on Canvas 123x99 cm ca. 1616
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena CA

Ruben’s work is by far the most colorful and vibrant of the nine pieces selected. It is most similar to Michelangelo’s painting (9). Showing David about to decapitate a defeated Goliath. Ruben’s Goliath is not nearly as daunting inn size as Michelangelo’s. David is stepping on the head of Goliath after stoning him from his sling and preparing to behead him. This piece has a lot of movement and compares only to Bernini’s on that level in my opinion. The angelic colorful background is unlike any of the other pieces.

Caravaggio
David and Goliath
1599
Oil on Canvas
110x91 cm
Prado

This image is very similar to the other works listed here by Caravaggio (8) & (3). I would go as far as calling them before, during, and after. They are all similar in style and color and immense shadowing. In this image a slight looking David hovers over the head of Goliath, you can hardly make out David’s face or the body of Goliath. The wound on Goliath’s head is visible and actually seems to create an optical illusion where you can see Goliath’s face toward or away from David.

Caravaggio
David with the Head of Goliath
1610
Oil on Canvas
125x101 cm
Galleria Borghese

Here a very young looking David is holding Goliath by the head. Goliath’s eyes are open and the fresh wound from the stone is visible. David looks frail but his face seems proud and intent. Goliath does not appear beast like here, he looks like a slightly larger man. This Caravaggio is similar in color and extensive shadowing to the other two pieces being discussed. They all seem kind of haunting to me, not a victorious looking celebration as some of the statues portray.

Donatello
David
1430-1440 Bronze 158 cm Bargello

Donatello’s David is unlike Michelangelo’s statue in
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