MICHELANGELO'S DAVID: 5 Degrees of Separation
CAN WE GET FROM HERE...
...TO HERE?
LETS TRY COUNTING!
1501-4: Michelangelo sculpts a monumental marble David to surmount a buttress at Florence Cathedral: 1
1990s: Michelangelo's David is replicated in the ancient and noble art of mosaic: 2
1990s: The mosaic David is given pride of place in the window of a bathroom fixtures showroom in Florence: 3
2010: Our photographer shoots the mosaic David through a highly reflective plate glass window, totally scrambling the view: 4
2010: Can we count reflections of reflections in the car's windshield?: 5
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