The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticised 'twisted minds' who equated nudity with pornography.
File: An Italian restorer from the"friends of Florence association" works on cleaning Michelangelo's David, one of the world's most famous statues.ROME - The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticised"twisted minds" who equated nudity with pornography after a US school principal was forced out of her job following an art lesson that featured images of the statue.
A school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to resign last week following complaints that a class of 11- and 12-year-olds was shown a picture of the naked statue of David."This is absolutely astonishing because we are talking about the icon of the Renaissance, Michelangelo's David, which has been recognised across the world for generations," Hollberg said in a telephone interview.
The director decried"a huge ignorance" about history and the history of art which,"more than anything, is quite sad".Michelangelo's David, sculpted between 1501 and 1504 from a single block of marble, depicts the Biblical hero David, who killed the giant Goliath with his sling, and is considered an emblem of the Italian Renaissance.
While almost all the parents in the class concerned were happy with the lesson, he said, the school did receive some complaints.
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