On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound statue carved from a single block of white Italian ...

In the 1500s, metal fig leaves covered the genitals of statues like David when the Roman Catholic Church deemed nudity as immodest and obscene. Nudity even bumps up against mores in the modern era.

On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound statue carved from a single block of white Italian ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speak during a press conference in front of Michelangelo’s “David statue” after their bilateral summit in ...

A “Simpsons” episode about the statue of David aired in 1990 and seemingly predicted the recent controversy about the famed Michelangelo sculpture. FOX “If you ask me, the real outrage about ...

The ad substitutes the muscular Biblical character's sling and stone with the modern weapon. The ad campaign has run in specialised magazines, featuring a photo of the David statue, which is on ...

But life in the time of COVID is hardly normal. The pandemic stopped David’s conservation clock for nearly two years. By the summer of 2022, David was looking a tad less youthful.

A principal at a charter school in Tallahassee, Florida was forced to resign after parents complained about a Renaissance art lesson that showed students Michelangelo's nude sculpture of David.