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.

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. The problem this time was that the ...

Not until Michelangelo’s commission for the David would he face a similar challenge. In outline a simpler figure than St. Proculus, the David was designed to be read against the sky and the ...

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 ...

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 1501, 25-year-old Michelangelo Buonarroti begins working on his colossal masterpiece, the 17-foot-tall marble David. From a huge block of marble that has been abandoned decades earlier by ...

The biggest Michelangelo exhibition in over a century is planned in Denmark thanks to the use of high-tech 3D replicas.

The Commission voted unanimously on Monday to stick with the city's logo after some time flirting with choosing an ...

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 ...

A poster for an Italian restaurant with Michelangelo's naked statue of David has been barred from Glasgow subway. The firm that manages the advertising space requested for the poster to be edited ...

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 ...

This little gem of an exhibition focuses on the relationship between the three great giants of the Renaissance, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael and compliments the King's Gallery exuberant display ...