The incredulous Italian response highlighted how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe, where the Renaissance and its masterpieces, even its naked ones, are generally free of controversy.
ROME — The Florence museum housing Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the David on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.
Carrasquilla believes the board targeted her after three parents complained about a lesson including a photo of the David, a 5-meter tall nude marble sculpture dating from 1504. The work, reflecting the height of the Italian Renaissance, depicts the Biblical David going to fight Goliath armed only with his faith in God.
“I am totally, like, wow,” Carasquilla said. “I’ve been to Florence before and have seen the David up close and in person, but I would love to go and be a guest of the mayor.”
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