{"id":13124,"date":"2024-03-28T00:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13124"},"modified":"2024-03-29T00:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:51:44","slug":"re-dignifying-davids-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/03\/28\/re-dignifying-davids-dick\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-dignifying David&#8217;s Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michelangelo-david-statue-italy-protection-heritage-3fa1b7185fea36003e064fa6e2c309fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The Associated Press<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo\u2019s David raises questions about freedom of expression<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>BY\u00a0COLLEEN BARRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo\u2019s David raises questions about freedom of expression\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ngp2Uoqi1YQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FLORENCE, Italy (AP) \u2014 Michelangelo\u2019s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue\u2019s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs sold around Florence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/italy-florida-hillsdale-david-michelangelo-a51dd6008a2c8767d6ba5219b7cde149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">focusing on David\u2019s genitalia.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Galleria dell\u2019Accademia\u2019s director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florence-accademia-italy-michelangelo-david-german-fd48c2093e8e82c696ef5e8502a82455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cecilie Hollberg,<\/a>\u00a0has positioned herself as David\u2019s defender since her arrival at the museum in 2015, taking swift aim at those profiteering from his image, often in ways she finds \u201cdebasing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that way, she is a bit of a David herself against the Goliath of unfettered capitalism with its army of street vendors and souvenir shop operators hawking aprons of the statue\u2019s nude figure, T-shirts of it engaged in obscene gestures, and ubiquitous figurines, often in Pop Art neon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michelangelo-david-statue-italy-protection-heritage-3fa1b7185fea36003e064fa6e2c309fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at AP<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Associated Press A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo\u2019s David raises questions about freedom of expression BY\u00a0COLLEEN BARRY FLORENCE, Italy (AP) \u2014 Michelangelo\u2019s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. 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