10/27/2003: Dirty David's dirt marked

Undertoad · 10-27-2003, 12:44 PM

A find from Slithy Tove, nice one, from Reason Online. This is the right hand of Michangelo's David, and the colored lines and such on it are digital markings for how it will be cleaned. The link includes a very brief discussion of the controversy over whether it should ever be cleaned at all.

wolf · 10-27-2003, 01:17 PM

So waitaminnit ... David is bare-ass nekked, and he's subtly flipping the bird as well ...

warch · 10-27-2003, 01:46 PM

I wonder if any of the grime is corrosive at all. That would make a gentle conservator's cleaning a yes. The article mentions the cleaning of the Sistine Chapel- I'm in the camp that is glad to see the original coloring.

As for David. I love David. His big hands and gangly stance. He rocks.
Here Rockwell's boy scout cops the pose. I thought it was cool when I spotted it. I have this poster on my wall at home, it was my dad's. The scout stands guard next to my carbon monoxide detector.

ferkelparade · 10-27-2003, 03:56 PM

Alright, I have to ask...where has that middle finger been?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2003, 06:07 PM

I enjoyed your website, Ferkel.

Great picture, UT. Never realised how much detail there was in the hands. I guess if I'm going to see it, I'd better hurry. I don't expect him to be around long after giving Wolf the finger.

Elspode · 10-27-2003, 07:05 PM

Damn. I'm a Rockwell fan, and I never noticed that, even though I've seen that picture a zillion times.

Good eye, Warch.

jaguar · 10-27-2003, 11:22 PM

A close friend of mine is a conservator at the National Gallery of Victoria and recently finished work on the Tiepolo, a $200million painting.

Whether to clean, how to clean and people's perceptions of artworks before and after are highly controversial. Lifting centuries of icky stuff (technical definition there) can have a dramatic effect of a piece and with something like David you'd want to have leather skin and brass balls to face the barrage of criticism that will follow, no matter how good the clean.

ferkelparade · 10-28-2003, 05:49 AM

Quote:

I enjoyed your website, Ferkel

Thanks, always great to hear that

10-27-2003, 12:44 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/27/2003: Dirty David's dirt marked A find from Slithy Tove, nice one, from Reason Online. This is the right hand of Michangelo's David, and the colored lines and such on it are digital markings for how it will be cleaned. The link includes a very brief discussion of the controversy over whether it should ever be cleaned at all.

10-27-2003, 01:17 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A bird in the hand and one in the bush? So waitaminnit ... David is bare-ass nekked, and he's subtly flipping the bird as well ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-27-2003, 01:46 PM	#3
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	I wonder if any of the grime is corrosive at all. That would make a gentle conservator's cleaning a yes. The article mentions the cleaning of the Sistine Chapel- I'm in the camp that is glad to see the original coloring. As for David. I love David. His big hands and gangly stance. He rocks. Here Rockwell's boy scout cops the pose. I thought it was cool when I spotted it. I have this poster on my wall at home, it was my dad's. The scout stands guard next to my carbon monoxide detector. Last edited by warch; 08-31-2007 at 11:55 AM.

10-27-2003, 03:56 PM	#4
ferkelparade aspires to be a viking Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 28	Alright, I have to ask...where has that middle finger been? __________________ "frotz grue" http://www.portinari.de - oceanpunk

10-27-2003, 06:07 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I enjoyed your website, Ferkel. Great picture, UT. Never realised how much detail there was in the hands. I guess if I'm going to see it, I'd better hurry. I don't expect him to be around long after giving Wolf the finger. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2003, 07:05 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Damn. I'm a Rockwell fan, and I never noticed that, even though I've seen that picture a zillion times. Good eye, Warch. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-27-2003, 11:22 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	A close friend of mine is a conservator at the National Gallery of Victoria and recently finished work on the Tiepolo, a $200million painting. Whether to clean, how to clean and people's perceptions of artworks before and after are highly controversial. Lifting centuries of icky stuff (technical definition there) can have a dramatic effect of a piece and with something like David you'd want to have leather skin and brass balls to face the barrage of criticism that will follow, no matter how good the clean. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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