#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#Queen Victoria gifted a copy of the David to the #South Kensington museum - later the V&A - in 1857. When she first saw the cast, she was #apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#The V&A's website says that the leaf was kept "in #readiness for any royal visits, when it was hung on 

#Queen Victoria gifted a copy of the David to the #South Kensington museum - later the V&A - in 1857. When she first saw the cast, she was #apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

Over-watering plants can cause a plant's leaves to turn black. Often by this stage, the plant has irreversible rot and cannot be saved. #leaf #nature