Art, not pornography: Florence museum invites Florida parents to see the David [View all]

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The Florence museum which houses Michelangelo’s David has invited the board of a Florida Christian charter school to visit, after the school’s principal was forced to resign following parent complaints that pupils were shown an image of the nude sculpture in a class.

Hope Carrasquilla resigned as principal of the Tallahassee Classical school last week, after the school board told her to quit or be fired. Carrasquilla’s exit came after three parents complained about a lesson on David, with one parent claiming the 16th century Renaissance masterpiece was pornographic.

Over the weekend, Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Galleria dell’Accademia, where the David sculpture resides, invited the school board, parents and student body to view the “purity” of the statue, Associated Press reported, after expressing surprise at the controversy.

“To think that David could be pornographic means truly not understanding the contents of the Bible, not understanding western culture and not understanding Renaissance art,” Hollberg told AP.

Carrasquilla told HuffPost that parents at Tallahassee Classical school would normally be sent advisory letters before students are shown such artwork. “A series of miscommunications” led to the group of sixth-grade students being shown an image of David without express parental consent, Carrasquilla said. ..............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/27/michelangelo-david-florida-florence-museum-school