A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but ...

But for David, arguably his most famous sculpture? Michelangelo used a hand-me-down block of marble with imperfections that two artists had already tried using and given up on, and which had ...

Michelangelo’s David was recognized as a masterpiece ... In just over two years, he transformed the misunderstood marble block into the 17-foot-tall statue that is today one of the most famous ...

A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture ...

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 ...

The block of marble that became one of history ... it mirrored actual events in the nude statue’s past. David has stood on display at Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia since 1873.

On its 500th anniversary, Michelangelo's David is as popular now as it was in 1504. The appeal is partly sheer size - standing five metres high, the sculpture is as tall as a double-decker bus. Worked ...

Michelangelo's David is among the most famous pieces of ... how Italian cultural curators are becoming worried that the "marble statue's religious and political significance is being diminished ...

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 ...