ART

Saving David: A glass shield Monday was placed around the base of Michelangelo’s statue of David, which was damaged when a man attacked it with a hammer a year ago. The shield does not cover the statue itself but prevents viewers from getting close enough to touch the masterpiece, which stands in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy. Last September, an unemployed Italian man who claimed a muse had ordered him to attack the statue struck it with a hammer and knocked off one of the toes of the left foot. The 13-foot statue was restored using chips of the toe found on the floor after the incident.