I completely agree that this piece of art should be preserved for the future, because of the obvious contrasts of renaissance art depicted from both Donatello and Michelangelo.  It's amazing that at 27, Michelangelo produced such a fantastic, historical masterpiece seventeen feet tall!  From pictures, I believe it to be one of the most beautiful and magnificent sculptures in history and hope to see it in person one day!

Has Michelangelo's David influenced modern artists to recreate their own version of the biblical hero?