show the viewer his skills in making the human body and also of his knowledge with human anatomy. Although there are no veins in this sculpture, Donatello does display David with folds and wrinkles in his skin. Donatello also does a good job in showing the muscle and physical skeleton under the skin of David's body. All of these things help to make David's body seem proportional and realistic.
             The form and content of Donatello's David describes a story from the Bible. This story has a theme, which is that God's power is strong and can overcome anything. The David that Donatello made supports this theme of power and glory. David is placing his foot on the head of Goliath shows this, but there are other symbols that also support the story of David and Goliath. One of these symbols is the sword. The sword symbolizes a fight that took place between these two adversaries. David is the one who is holding the sword, because he emerged victorious as one of God's fo
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