Should Michelangelo’s masterpiece be destroyed? Should it be put in a warehouse, or covered with black plastic with hundreds of other artworks?

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Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo sculpted David from marble (1504), showing the statue in full nudity. In Florida (USA) Tallahassee Classical School's principal resigns her position after parents complained when sixth-grade students were shown a photo of Michelangelo's David during an art history class.

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The parents considered the sculpture “pornographic”, and said that their children were “exposed” to such scandalous art without a permission. It is absurd, but apparently not in Florida.

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Ms Hope Carrasquilla offered her resignation to the Tallahassee Classical School's board after parents alleged the images of one of the most famous and celebrated statues in the world were "pornographic" and "unsuitable" for the school.

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"It saddens me that my time here had to end this way," Carrasquilla told local paper Tallahassee Democrat.

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School board chair Barney Bishop told CBS News Saturday that Ms Carrasquilla was asked to resign over "a number of other issues,'' and “the latest incident was just the culmination.”

 

In addition, the school issued an official statement: "We will follow our policy and notify our parents in advance so they can make their own decision if it is age appropriate for their child."

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What? So written notification is required to look at art? Do parents decide now what to teach in schools? Do political parties always have to interfere? (In July 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law, the Parental Rights in Education Bill. to give parents more control over what their children can learn at school.)

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Bishop made another hilarious comment: “We don’t have any problem showing ‘David', but showing the entire statue might not be appropriate.” “You don’t have to show the whole statue!" He added "Maybe we only show the head. You can show the hands, the arms, the muscles, the beautiful work Michelangelo did in marble, without showing the whole ‘thing’.”

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/ The Instigator

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