Calling Michelangelo's David iconic is something of an understatement: A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture-and, with a ...

The debate over art vs immorality has waged for centuries, and few artworks have been as upfront about it as Michelangelo's "David." ...

You know the David, Michelangelo’s 17-foot-tall marble statue that depicts one of the great heroes of the Old Testament, just before he slays the giant Goliath.

Rather than choosing to depict David’s victory against Goliath, Michelangelo opts for more of an unorthodox moment: David in an uncertain state. “David totally changes the conception of sculpture.

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 ...

Where Michelangelo sculpted David by himself, Donatello shows the hero standing before Goliath’s severed head with sword in hand.

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 ...

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 sculpture of 'David' is one of the most famous works of art in the world. Here are three facts you may not know about it.

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 over complaints ...