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Is Michelangelo’s David inappropriate for children?

By Madeline Fry Schultz

Published April 1, 2023 10:32am ET

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Is Michelangelo’s David inappropriate for children? — Is it inappropriate to take 11-year-olds to an art museum? Some Florida parents apparently think so, as one of them complained that sixth graders at Tallahassee Classical School viewed images of Michelangelo’s David as part of their curriculum, likening the sculpture to pornography. The Renaissance master’s Creation of Adam and Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus […]

Is it inappropriate to take 11-year-olds to an art museum?

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