Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it pornographic? He's literally just standing there. Oh right - penis.

We are ruled by church ladies and emotional cripples.

This is the Merriam Webster definition of pornography:

"material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement"

I wasn't aware that the statue of David depicts erotic behavior (standing naked?) that was intended to cause sexual excitement.

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is more to this story. But, having been a Middle School student and having raised Middle School students, I would suggest that there are plenty of examples of Renaissance Art that could have been shared rather than this one. This would not have been my choice.

But, I suspect there is a lot more than just sharing this picture. (And, the David I saw was in a building--I think that is a replica in the picture?)

Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are the American Taliban.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is more to this story. But, having been a Middle School student and having raised Middle School students, I would suggest that there are plenty of examples of Renaissance Art that could have been shared rather than this one. This would not have been my choice.

But, I suspect there is a lot more than just sharing this picture. (And, the David I saw was in a building--I think that is a replica in the picture?)

I taught 4th grade at a Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri. When we read the book From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Author, Illustrator), we took a tour of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. It was such a fun language arts unit to teach. I had sent requests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC for maps. They mailed free packets one for each student to go along with the novel.

When we toured the Nelson, I had parents with me. And I prepared the parents and the students ahead of time that they would see some images or sculptures of humans without clothes on or draped in clothes. My fourth grade students did "giggle" and laugh when they were at the museum and saw some of the art, but it would be the same as if they were listening to "opera". The children were great.

This famous sculpture by Rodin was a gift to Kansas City by Grant and Mathilde Rosenzweig and sits on the south lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

The Nelson has a copy of Copy after Michelangelo's "Aurora" https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/2209/copy-after-michelangelos-aurora?ctx=6a0b5f1c-2072-498e-aba7-156b63510447&idx=152

There's also a statue of David in Sarasota, Florida visible to anyone who goes there. The statue of Michelangelo's "David" at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, is the only one in the Western Hemisphere.

As a GenXer woman, I'm so perplexed by the obsession of the right in Florida on this topic, when the beach is so nearby for one, and children there see much more of the human body than in most other states. And Miami is located in Florida, South Beach of all places, where it's not exactly conservative.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it pornographic? He's literally just standing there. Oh right - penis.

We are ruled by church ladies and emotional cripples.

This is the Merriam Webster definition of pornography:

"material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement"

I wasn't aware that the statue of David depicts erotic behavior (standing naked?) that was intended to cause sexual excitement.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it pornographic? He's literally just standing there. Oh right - penis.

We are ruled by church ladies and emotional cripples.

This is the Merriam Webster definition of pornography:

"material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement"

I wasn't aware that the statue of David depicts erotic behavior (standing naked?) that was intended to cause sexual excitement.

Anonymous wrote:How is it pornographic? He's literally just standing there. Oh right - penis.

We are ruled by church ladies and emotional cripples.

Anonymous wrote:I thought this was the most important quote in the story:

"School Board Chair Bishop said, 'Parental rights are supreme, and that means protecting the interests of all parents, whether it's one, 10, 20 or 50.'"

How many parents complained, you ask? Three, and only one thought it was "porn." --> "Out of the 3 parents who complained that the content of the class upset their children, two said they wanted to be notified beforehand that the lesson would be taught. The other complained that that the lesson was porn."

There you have the Parental Rights movement, folks. Tyranny of the "pious" minority.

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is more to this story. But, having been a Middle School student and having raised Middle School students, I would suggest that there are plenty of examples of Renaissance Art that could have been shared rather than this one. This would not have been my choice.

But, I suspect there is a lot more than just sharing this picture. (And, the David I saw was in a building--I think that is a replica in the picture?)