A detail of Michelangelo's 16th century statue of David is seen on display at the Accademia gallery, in Florence, central Italy, Monday, March 18, 2024. Michelangelo’s David has been a towering ...

Instead of giving Michelangelo a new block of marble, he was handed the same piece Agostino was first commissioned with in 1464. A win for recycling! David is imperfect Okay, you caught me.

Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and ...

Michelangelo’s 16th century statue of David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political ...

Born in 1475, Michelangelo was driven to create beautiful and perfect works and carved some of the most stunning statues like David and the Pietà from marble. As a painter, he decorated the ...

Armalite, a small Illinois-based firm, used a photograph of David, which Michelangelo sculpted from a single block of marble in 1504, in an advertisement for its AR50A1 rifle.

A detail of Michelangelo’s 16th century statue of David is seen on display at the Accademia gallery, in Florence, central Italy, Monday, March 18, 2024.

FLORENCE, Italy — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue ...