'Is it inappropriate to take 11-year-olds to an art museum? Some Florida parents apparently think so,' madelineefry writes.
Some Florida parents apparently think so, as one of them complained that sixth graders at Tallahassee Classical School viewed images of Michelangelo’s David as part of their curriculum, likening the sculpture to pornography. The Renaissance master’s Creation of Adam and Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus were reportedly also items of concern.
“Tallahassee Classical previously held a license to use Hillsdale’s curricular materials,” spokeswoman Emily Stack Davis said in a statement. “That license has been revoked and will expire at the end of the school year.” “This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” Davis said. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”
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