A seismic pedestal protect the “David” by Michelangelo – ABC Color

ROMA. The “David” by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), one of the most famous works of art history, have a seismic pedestal, whose urgent funding was announced after the tremors that shook the region of Tuscany.

The Italian press picks today that the Ministry of Culture has allocated 200,000 euros ($ 244,506) to urgently finish the seismic pedestal, which is already in realization, and thus protect the famous sculpture, key work of the Italian Renaissance, in which some months ago discovered small cracks in the ankles.

Fanceschini recalled that the project to provide the “David” of this pedestal to cushion the possible earthquakes “It is already at an advanced stage”, but before the last tremors urges finish in a short time.

“A masterpiece as the ‘David’ can not take any chances,” he said.

A study conducted jointly by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR, in its Italian acronym) and the University of Florence, published by the Journal Cultural Heritage, ruled last May that the inclination of the monumental sculpture is 5 degrees and that is the cause of that is breaking the marble in your ankles.

The tremors recorded in the Tuscany region raises fears for its many artistic treasures, but especially for the fragile “David “which was made between 1501 and 1504.

However, for the architect Fernando De Simone, who for years advised that” David “is moved to another venue, said the anti-shake pedestal” no serve “to protect against earthquakes.

De Simone explains that the Galleria dell’Accademia, where the work is with other works of Renaissance artist as so-called” prisoners “has no rules seismic so in an earthquake could collapse on them all.

The result of a commission from the Opera del Duomo Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the sculpture “David” portrays the hero Bible in the time it prepares to face Goliath and was painted by Michelangelo on a piece of white marble of 4.10 meters.

“David” has suffered extensive damage along its history, both in its original location on the Piazza della Signoria and inside the Galleria dell’Accademia, from 1873.