I’m sure there was more to this story.
They just used this as a reason...
My thought exactly. Teacher probably intensely focused on the genital area, or tied it into trans somehow, or some such crap.
Amazing what will appear in the news for the oddest reasons. It's always analog time because the whole world is Hebrew school.
He noted the curriculum covers human reproduction and anatomy and anatomy in fifth grade, and that the studies do cover "Michelangelo's "David" sculpture and other works of art that depict the human form."
Indeed, the most famous statue in the world, depicting "Gentile" David. ๐คซ๐๐
Michelangelo's David is also famous for his oversized hands, and head! Kind of like...
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And his origin is even more rough and tumble. The stone that became David had been rejected by the first two sculptors for being...
...flawed and difficult to work with.
Yet as for Michelangelo -- Can DO!
And the rest is history.
The school says it received complaints after a 6th grade art class was shown a photo of Michelangelo's "David."
How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World's Most Famous Statue
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22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
"One parent, she was so upset, she was the one who said it was pornographic and shouldn't happen," Carrasquilla said.
Well, you know it's like what God has been saying over and over and over:
"Observe my statues!"
There's just not enough ๐ฟ for how this is all gonna roll..
Very wise comment. Must be more to it and maybe parents should have the choice. I took my kids to Florence to see the original. They were high school aged and artists.
“Iโm sure there was more to this story.”
Historians have speculated for years that Michelangelo might have been gay. Perhaps the teacher was fired for using a lesson on Michelangelo’s David as an opportunity to teach 6th graders about the of the LBGQT+ lifestyle.