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Italy is fighting back against souvenirs focusing on Michelangelo’s David genitals
Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italy since its completion ... its army of street vendors and souvenir ...
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The cultural fight over Michelangelo's David
Many of these souvenirs revolve around the ... first time that people have been angered by the nude sculpture, including some beyond Italy's borders. In 2023, a Florida charter school made ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
A messy inheritance conflict ensued, complicated by the Italian Culture Ministry's legal control over many of its treasures. Çam got to study the Ludovisi Pan, as the sculpture is known ...