伊 “Funny Thing” Invitation to Italy
The Associated Press reported on the 25th (local time) that a school principal who showed a ‘David statue’ during elementary school class was fired due to protests from parents. When the news broke, the Italian authorities and the museum holding the work announced that they would invite the fired principal, students and parents to Italy.
Hope Carasquilla, principal of the Tallahassee Classical School, a public elementary school in Florida, USA, showed the students a picture of the Italian David Award during a ‘Renaissance Art’ class for 6th graders on the 17th. ‘Birth of Venus’ by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) and ‘The Creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), sculptor of ‘David’, were also introduced.
Afterwards, some parents who learned the truth complained and the problem started. Parents claimed, “We were not notified in advance that the nude statue would be shown (during class),” and that “this statue, which is fully nude, is pornographic.” The school board gave Principal Carasquilla a choice between resigning and being fired. The board of directors said, “It is a serious mistake not to announce that the David statue will be dealt with in class two weeks before class according to school rules.”
Principal Carasquilla said, “Originally, parents are supposed to be notified in advance when classic works of art such as the David statue are shown. revealed In the end, Principal Carasquilla resigned after less than a year in office.
Tallahassee Classical School, located in Florida, USA. Tallahassee Classical School website captureThe Italian authorities said in a media report the next day, the 26th, that they had invited Carasquilla, the dismissed principal, to Florence, calling it “absurd.” On the same day, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella tweeted, “I sent an invitation to Principal Carasquilla to visit Florence. It is ridiculous to confuse art and pornography.”
Cecily Holberg, director of the Accademia Gallery, which exhibits David, also expressed surprise at the controversy. “I will invite the board of directors of the school in question, as well as the parents and student associations, to show the ‘purity’ of the work,” Holberg said. means,” he emphasized.
The Italian daily Corriere della Sera covered David’s genitals with the American symbol ‘Uncle Sam’ character, and published a cartoon on the front page of the newspaper on the 26th with the words ‘vergogna’ written on it.
The ‘David Statue’ is a 5.17m marble statue made by Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504 at the request of the Florence Cathedral during the Renaissance. It is a work based on King David (David) from the Old Testament and is known as an important statue that is often mentioned when dealing with Western art history.
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