King David Statue

In the year 1180 the multi-faceted Italian artist Benedetto Antelami created a statue that would last for centuries to come, the sculpture of King David stands at the Fidenza Cathedral in Fidenza, Italy. This is only one remarkable figure that Antelami has created in his lifetime, but it is one that will be looked upon as a useful resource and learning tool for artists to come. This essay will recount information about Benedetto Antelami's creative contributions …

…they did. It is through progression of skills and techniques that artists can get increasingly more accurate with the way that they portray figures through art. Antelami's final work is alleged to have been the "decoration and (at least in part) the construction of the church of Sant'Andrea at Vercelli, the architecture of which successfully combined Tuscan Romanesque with Gothic characteristics (such as flying buttresses, rose windows, and ribbed vaulting) and won him lasting renown."