The Italians are all a flutter about two competing controversial plans to restore Michaelangeloâs âDavid,â which stands gracefully in a surprisingly modest room in the Galleria dellâAccademea in Florence. Art restoration is something of a national sport in Italy, a country where half the population apparently cares for priceless works of Renaissance art while the other half sells tickets to tourists who want to see them.
Posted by Marie Gryphon on July 16, 2003