In 1501, 25-year-old Michelangelo ... the statue. The leaf is removed in 1969, and the statue remains in its original state until toppled by an earthquake in 1987. In November 1969, a poster ...

Michelangelo's sculpture of David is one of the most famous objects in the history of art, and the V&A's cast of David has been a favourite with visitors since its arrival in the Museum in 1857.

Michelangelo's David is ... Renaissance art lesson that featured the statue. But why are new concerns now being raised about the commercialization of David in Italy itself? From our morning ...

David has always been controversial Michelangelo's 17-foot-tall marble statue of David has been controversial from the start, notes C.A. Bridges in The Daytona Beach News-Journal. When it was ...

Here he produced his 'David' (1501-1504). In 1505, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo back to Rome and commissioned him to design Julius' own tomb. Due to quarrels between Julius and ...

In 1965, Simpson‘s Department Store gave the Fairview Shopping Centre an exact replica of Michelangelo‘s Statue of David, to commemorate the opening of Fairview in Pointe Claire. There was a public ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti is recognized as one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. His most celebrated creations have become icons of world culture: the ...

Since the 1980s, the city’s symbol has been a golden shadow of Michelangelo’s David. The iconic Italian Renaissance statue currently stands at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence ...

Lastly, we will move on to the Galleria dell'Accademia, which houses Michelangelo's masterpiece and consummate symbol of the Florentine Renaissance, the Statue of David. As we bask in its aura, we’ll ...

She said the statue was created by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance master who painted the Sistine Chapel and etched David out of marble before his 1564 death. She learned this from her ...

It is unclear who the statue in question depicts, but considering its likeness to Michelangelo's David, a masterpiece ... dinner with him The original poster created a thread of "some potential ...