Few statues are as enduring and iconic as Michelangelo's David (which found itself in the news in 2023 when a Florida school principal was asked to resign after the statue was shown to sixth grade ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, John Ringling bought a cast-bronze replica of Michelangelo’s original statue of David from the Chiurrazi Foundry in Italy. He later installed it in the courtyard ...

Curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political ... of its trademark “Le Pliage” bag featuring David’s more intimate details. Longchamp noted the depiction was “not without ...

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 ...

Why do 1.2 million people flock to the Italian city of Florence every year to look at an enormous statue of a naked man? On its 500th anniversary, Michelangelo's David is as popular now as it was in ...

Michelangelo's David is among the most famous pieces of Renaissance artwork and remains a well-known symbol of Italy. More than 1.4 million people visit the sculpture annually at Florence's ...

The “David” statue's nudity has been part of a centuries-old debate about art pushing boundaries and the rules of censorship. In the 1500s, metal fig leaves covered the genitals of statues ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Visitors flocked to see Michelangelo's David sculpture in Florence on Tuesday, following an uproar over a Florida school's decision to force the resignation of the principal ...

Michelangelo’s famous statue of the biblical figure David ... of its trademark “Le Pliage” bag featuring David’s more intimate details. A Florence museum and the city’s mayor are ...