Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parents

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49. The controversy goes back to when Michelangelo was still alive.

M. himself argued that David should be given "decoration" when the statue was placed. He carved them accurately according to the style, but also realized they were going to be visible to the public. It *may* have been a political concession.

Shortly before he died, Bishops went around and covered all of the penises he'd carved onto his statues. Or hacked them off completely. There were a lot of them, by the way.

"In 1563, the year before Michelangelo died, the Council of Trent banned "lasciviousness" in religious imagery, and a dedicated campaign of figging began. Mostly this was just a question of covering up, but, in the 1800s, Pope Pius IX went further, and had the genitalia hacked off completely. I remember a historian saying, some years ago, that the Vatican, great collectors that they are, have crates of severed penises somewhere in their vaults."

From:

"Why the ancient Greeks didn’t make a big deal of penis size
A Cork gallery has removed the fig leaves from its statues, showing that small is beautiful"

And since people seem to be discussing this aspect as well:
"...in ancient Greece, which is the inspiration and source for a great deal of Renaissance art, a large penis wasn’t something to shout about. Instead, a smaller size was associated with good citizenry and intellectual pursuits."

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/why-the-ancient-greeks-didn-t-make-a-big-deal-of-penis-size-1.3953929

And from here:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-ancient-greek-sculptures-small-penises