A detail of Michelangelo's 16th century statue of David is seen on display on March 18, 2024, at the Accademia gallery, in Florence, Italy. Curators say the statue faces commercial exploitation ...

The David statue by artist Michelangelo Buonarroti during a presentation of the celebrations for the 140th anniversary of the ... head of humanities studies at the American Academy in Rome, ...

Expo shows just top of famed David statue When visitors make their ... Controversy erupted in 2016 when officials erected wooden panels to shield nude statues at Rome's Capitoline Museums during a ...

Carrasquilla believes the board targeted her after three parents complained about a lesson including a photo of the David, a 5-meter tall (17 foot) nude marble sculpture dating from 1504.

David statue in Italy draws flood of tourists in wake of Florida uproar Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front of the giant marble statue ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speak during a press conference in front of Michelangelo’s David statue in Florence, Italy, on Jan. 23, 2015.

Controversy erupted in 2016 when officials erected wooden panels to shield nude statues at Rome’s Capitoline Museums during a visit by Iran’s then-President Hassan Rouhani.

In the 1500s, metal fig leaves covered the genitals of statues like David when the Roman Catholic Church deemed nudity as immodest and obscene. Nudity even bumps up against mores in the modern era.