Michelangelo carved 'David' from a discarded block of marble
Italian sculptor Michelangelo used a block of marble that other artists had considered unworkable to create his masterpiece 'David'. Michelangelo took three years to complete his project, while the slab of marble had been extracted nearly 40 years earlier. The sculpture, which is an over 5-metre tall marble statue representing the Biblical hero David, is on display in Italy.