Michelangelo's early painting was attributed to the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio for centuries until a cleaning revealed ...

It's the centerpiece of Renaissance art in Florence, one of the most revered works of art on Earth: Michelangelo's masterpiece, his statue of David. In 1501 the Tuscan artist was just 26 when he began ...

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 ...

If you show a picture of Michelangelo’s statue of David, one of the most familiar works in art history, to a room full of schoolchildren they may smirk or giggle over the figure’s naked body. It only ...

The Medici and the legacy of Michelangelo in late Renaissance Florence : an introduction / Alan P. Darr -- Michelangelo and the Medici / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The Medici grand-ducal family and ...

GLENDALE, Calif. -- You don't have to travel to Italy to take in masterpieces by Leonardo Da Vinci or Michelangelo. At Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries, you'll find full-size replicas of ...

It’s been half a millennium since Michelangelo finished painting the cavernous Sistine Chapel. Experts are still discovering hidden symbolism throughout his handiwork. Their latest revelation? The ...

A rare and previously unknown sketch by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo has gone on public display in Dubai this week ...

An experimental exhibition in Denmark is intended to spark debate about the future use of 3D-printed replicas in museums. Plaster cast after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Head of David. Original made in ...

When Florida moms get the world’s greatest sculptor banned as “porn” we know government (and education) by culture war is nuts (“Visitors flock to see Michelangelo’s David after Florida uproar, March ...