Michelangelo akakumbirwa nevakuru veGuild of Wool kuti vapedze chirongwa chisina kupera chakatanga makore makumi mana zvisati zvaitika naAgostino di Duccio: chifananidzo chakakura chemarble cheCarrara chinoratidzira David sechiratidzo cherusununguko rweFlorentine kuti chiiswe pachikumbaridzo cheFlorence Cathedral. Michelangelo akapindura nekupedzisa basa rake rakakurumbira, chifananidzo chaDavid, muna 1504. Iyo tenzi yakanyatso simbisa mukurumbira wake semupendi wesimba rinoshamisa rehunyanzvi uye simba rekufungidzira. Chikwata chevanyori, kusanganisira Leonardo Caselli naBotticelli, chakadaidzwa pakupedzisira kuisa gonfaloniere Piero Soderini.
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