Soltes points out the different sense of dynamism from Donatello’s David in the diagonal angle of the sword, which is held by his right hand which appears pulsating as if the rush of adrenaline still coursed through his body; whereas Donatello’s David holds Goliath’s sword, but it points into the ground and his stance is one of triumph and calm as he rests his foot on top of the bodiless head. Verrocchio’s rendition has “a challenging pride in what he 's accomplished with that hand on his hip and the way his hips are shocked out” (Soltes, L19, 21:02) depicting David as more heroic than what Soltes describes as Donatello’s attitude of juvenile delinquency “oblivious to the consequences of having killed” (Soltes, L19, …show more content…
This figure with one arm up and one arm down with the sling and his left hand with that rock in his right hand is like a baseball pitcher kind of just relaxing; eyeing the batter before he flings his baseball and looking over his shoulder; whereas of course the Doryphoros looks ahead because he 's moving forward, that is what Polycleitus wanted to capture (L21,