The Galleria Borghese was not what I expected despite the research I did the night before. Nothing can truely prepare you for the sights in this Villa turned National Museum. Not to say that my research was useless, it was  actually what gave me a connection with the peices I was viewing. Knowing a bit about them before hand gave me a better understanding of artists intent and stylistic choices.  

           I personaly fell in love with Bernini's sculptures that are on the first floor and found myself returning to his David. As I was drawing a few studies of Davids hands, tensed up to let the rock fly from his sling, I wondered why they were positioned so close to the veiwers own eye level. I think that Bernini choose to do this so the veiwer would have an uncomfortable close look at what was intended for Goliaths face, from your eye level to his.