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A Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture has arrived at Rijksmuseum, ... His name-making works—his David (1623–24) and Apollo and Daphne (1622–25), both at the Galleria Borghese; ...
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.
Michelangelo’s “David” — the impetus for a Florida school principal’s ouster this week — was the backdrop in Florence, Italy, in 2015 as Angela Merkel, then chancellor of Germany, and ...
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 ...
A centuries-old debate. The David's nudity has been part of a centuries-old debate about art pushing boundaries and the rules of censorship. In the 1500s, metal fig leaves covered the genitals of ...