How can it be that a stone has beauty? The statue David’s perceived beauty must have been provided directly from God bypassing the other harmonious elements required. Michelangelo, acting through love, has transformed a chaotic mass of stone into an image of God’s creation, a perfect man. David stands under a skylight and glows “as if illuminated by the glory of God, Himself” (205). Beauty is to be found in the form and line of the statue, unfortunately only by the eye. If only he were living he would have a soul and sound and could be truly perceived as beautiful instead of man soul’s effort to escape the material world. However the perceived beauty of the statue, as a representation of God’s greatest love, humans, still inspires love within the soul. Michelangelo has somehow given his stature inhuman beauty, almost a gift from God Himself, A soulless, soundless statue inspiring love.
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