The Operai Del Duomo first commissioned a statue of David in 1464 but it would take 37 years before some 26 year-old kid called Michelangelo got the commission to make good of the unfinished stone. One of the most cherished artefacts of European culture was, for decades, an embarrassing white elephant.Why David, a 17ft tall statue of a giant killer, is the perfect icon of our time and what he tells you about the lives you create and live...