米でダビデ像児童に見せ校長辞任 伊美術館「ヌードとポルノは別」
米フロリダ州タラハシーの学校で校長が、11~12歳のクラスにダビデ像の写真を見せたところ、保護者からポルノ画像だとの苦情が出た。これを受け、校長は先週、辞任に追い込まれた。
伊フィレンツェにあるアカデミア美術館のセシリエ・ホルバーグ館長は、美術史に対する「大きな無知」の表れで、「誤った厳格主義」の産物だとAFPとの電話インタビューで語った。
「ルネサンスを象徴するミケランジェロのダビデ像は、何世代にもわたって世界中で認められてきた。今回の件は本当に驚きだ」とし、「ヌードとポルノは明らかに違う。それを混同するのはゆがんだ考えだ」と批判。歴史や芸術史に対する「大きな無知」は「非常に悲しい」と語った。
ダビデ像は1501~04年にかけて制作されたミケランジェロの傑作とされる大理石像で、聖書の英雄ダビデが巨人ゴリアテに石を投げて倒そうとする姿を表現している。
ホルバーグ氏は「この作品に不快感を持つ人は、西洋文化の根幹に関わる重大な問題を抱えている」とも主張。「私たちは自分たちの文化や歴史とのつながりを本当に失っている。古代ギリシャで行われていた五輪など皆、裸だったのに!」と述べた。
校長が辞任した米国のチャータースクール、タラハシ-・クラシカル・スクールの教育委員長によると、ルネサンス美術の授業では毎年ダビデ像の画像が使われていたが、今年は手続きに反して保護者に事前通知されていなかった。
同委員長は「フロリダ州でも、このチャータースクールでも、親の権利という概念が何よりも優先される」と述べた。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2023/03/28-18:29)
Italy curator slams 'ignorance' in US Michelangelo row
The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticised Monday twisted minds who equated nudity with pornography, after a US school principal was forced out of her job following an art lesson that featured images of the statue.
Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Accademia in Florence, told AFP the row showed a huge ignorance about art history, and was the product of misplaced puritanism.
A school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to resign last week following complaints that a class of 11- and 12-year-olds was shown a picture of the naked statue of David.
One parent reportedly said the image was pornographic.
This is absolutely astonishing because we are talking about the icon of the Renaissance, Michelangelo's David, which has been recognised across the world for generations, Hollberg said in a telephone interview.
She said the statue was hailed for its beauty and purity, adding: One must have a twisted mind to combine nudity with what was suggested, because obviously there is a big difference between nudity and pornography.
The director decried a huge ignorance about history and the history of art which, more than anything, is quite sad.
Florence mayor Dario Nardella, for his part, condemned the US row as simply ridiculous.
Michelangelo's David, sculpted between 1501 and 1504 from a single block of marble, depicts the Biblical hero David, who killed the giant Goliath with his sling, and is considered an emblem of the Italian Renaissance.
Anyone who feels disturbed by this has a serious problem with the roots of Western culture, Hollberg said.
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She warned that we are really losing our connection with our culture and history... to think that once in Greece, at the Olympic Games, everyone was naked!
The Tallahassee Classical School principal, Hope Carrasquilla, was told to resign or be sacked.
Barney Bishop, chairman of the school board, confirmed that the art class was an issue, along with many others.
But he told CNN that we aren't trying to ban the picture.
He said David's image was used every year in the Renaissance Art class. But this year, contrary to procedure, parents had not been notified in advance.
While almost all the parents in the class concerned were happy with the lesson, he said, the school did receive some complaints.
We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school, Bishop said.
In a nationwide US debate, Florida emphasises parental rights in education -- a policy driven by Governor Ron DeSantis, who is forecast to run against Donald Trump to become the Republican Party candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
It saddens me that my time here had to end this way, Carrasquilla told a local newspaper, Tallahassee Democrat.
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