Art history ads (ctd.)
March 13 2014
Picture: via Time
This one from US gun maker Armalite is causing a hoo ha in Italy. Says Time:
Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini said the image was offensive and violated the law, and an official at the Department of Culture in Florence said it has warned the arms producer not to use the image.
Difficult, now that they allow photography in the Accademia...
Anyway, the most telling thing of all is the fact that Armalite felt obliged to add a fig leaf to Michaelangelo's masterpiece. You can sell guns galore in America, but you can't show a penis. Not even a marble one.
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