Donatello and Michelangelo were lifelong rivals in art, sports, and pie eating contests. Donatello was known to be able to eat 6 pies in 4 minutes (compared to Michelangelo's 4 pies in 4 minutes), but Michelangelo 4'7" vertical leap made it so he could dunk a basketball far easier than Donatello.
That leaves only their competition in art:
Donatello had a fairly naturalistic perspective, David's body was natural, if very small and soft seeming. His arms were small, not the arms of a warrior. The art was kind of confusing in a few ways, such as his armor was on the ground, not on his body except for the legs. In addition, Donatello's David has the hair and hat of a pansy man and the sword of a warrior. His eyes seem soft and sweet, the eyes of a lover, which makes sense on account of all of his wives. His head being down and soft facial features also probably added to this look of being a lover.
Michelangelo's David was much more strong and formidable, with the body and expression of a strong leader and warrior. His eyes were those of a king, a royal and stern and regal man, someone you would not want to mess with. At the same time though, his face was kind in a way, the sculpturing was amazingly well done and was probably the Apollonian Classical. His eyes were looking outwards, like he has something he is looking at, like his faith or destiny on his mind. I really liked this one much more, its how I envision King David, the warrior of God and King of Israel.
In this artistic showdown: Michelangelo wins!!
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