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 ...

For a metal sculpture like David, it’s a lot like washing and waxing a car. First the art object is thoroughly cleaned; then it’s sealed with a protective layer.

Artistically, Donatello’s David broke new ground by being the first male, nude, free-standing European statue since classical antiquity. While nudity is a common feature in art from ancient ...

As a Florida principal was forced to resign after students were shown Michelangelo's statue of David, Kelly Grovier takes a look at the history of censorship in the art world.

The Florence museum that houses Michelangelo's statue of David has invited teachers and students from a Florida school to visit, after an uproar over an art lesson. The school's principal quit ...

Art World Think You Know ‘David’? Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About Michelangelo’s Masterpiece. There's a long and storied history associated with the famous sculpture.

The school failed to give parents two weeks’ warning that a photo of Michelangelo’s sculpture David would be shown in an art class; OK, Florida.

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.

It's a classical school, he said, so students see nude images in Renaissance art, including Michelangelo's 16th-century sculpture of David, every year.