The former owners of a villa near Florence where Michelangelo lived as a young man are thinking of putting up for auction a large-scale drawing attributed to the Sistine Chapel master. (ANSA)
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Lasers and 3D printer to create exact twin of Michelangelo s statue of the boy warrior David
The replica statue, faithful in every detail, will be the star of the Italian pavilion at the Dubai Expo next year
The replica will be the most accurate ever produced, the project team say
Credit: Galleria dell Accademia
The original required a colossal chunk of marble, three years of careful chiseling and the unrivaled genius of Michelangelo.
Its exact copy will be born of 21st century technology – digital scanning, lasers and one of the world’s largest 3D printers.
A team of art historians, technicians and engineers is to create an exact replica of arguably the world’s most famous statue – the boy warrior David, who killed the giant Goliath in single combat with a slingshot.