Michelangelo's David

Michelangelo’s David! The original is in Florence’s Accademia Gallery but copies…and copies of copies…and copies of copies of copies…beset us at every turn.

Let’s count the degrees of separation—from here back to the original.  

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Intimate apparel by way of Trippa alla Fiorentina, from Piazza della Signoria to Piazzale Michelangelo to Via Gioberti.

Michelangelo’s David! The original is in Florence’s Accademia Gallery but copies…and copies of copies…and copies of copies of copies…beset us at every turn.

Let’s count the degrees of separation—from here back to the original.  

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Michelangelo Fusion in Piazza della Signoria.

Michelangelo’s David! The original is in Florence’s Accademia Gallery but copies…and copies of copies…and copies of copies of copies…beset us at every turn.

Let’s count the degrees of separation—from here back to the original.  

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, whether in marble, bronze, fiberglass or human flesh.

Michelangelo’s David! The original is in Florence’s Accademia Gallery but copies…and copies of copies…and copies of copies of copies…beset us at every turn.

Let’s count the degrees of separation—from here back to the original.  

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Thank you, COVID?!

Michelangelo's David, plus space and silence and no tourists.

Zero degrees of separation to count!

Michelangelo’s David! The original is in Florence’s Accademia Gallery but copies…and copies of copies…and copies of copies of copies…beset us at every turn.

Let’s count the degrees of separation—from here back to the original.  

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Through a glass reflectively, in mosaic too.