Explanation: The Renaissance was a time of great progress in Europe with regards to specialization, technical proficiency, anatomical knowledge, and cultural appreciation. This gave rise to a (small) professional artist class which created many of the great works of the period, many of which are still admired today. One of the great patrons in this period was the Catholic Church...
... which sometimes clashed with the very, uh, 'interested' depictions of the human body preferred by said artist class. But once the work is completed, what can you do about it, really? :)
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 47 pts · 66d
Explanation: The Renaissance was a time of great progress in Europe with regards to specialization, technical proficiency, anatomical knowledge, and cultural appreciation. This gave rise to a (small) professional artist class which created many of the great works of the period, many of which are still admired today. One of the great patrons in this period was the Catholic Church...
... which sometimes clashed with the very, uh, 'interested' depictions of the human body preferred by said artist class. But once the work is completed, what can you do about it, really? :)
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 66d
I can't believe you put the explanation all in text, some of us are thirsty this morning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)
"Reading it for the plot," you'll notice it was originally commissioned for the cathedral of Florence
Dave@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 66d
My app is like "I know why you're clicking, here's a sneak preview of his junk"
::: spoiler NSFW I guess
:::
Noja@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 66d
lol, are we really putting a NSFW spoiler warning on one of the best known statues of the world?
cjoll4@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d
Right? They put this statue in Animal Crossing, dick and all, and it's rated E for Everyone.
mkwt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 66d
What you do is you nail little marble fig leafs onto the parts of marble you don't want people to see.
And then you continuously yell at tourists to shut the heck up while they admire the pretty picture on your ceiling.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d
Fig leaves, that's what
Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app · 17 pts · 66d
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 13 pts · 66d
Michelangelo: and his di-
Priest, interrupting: was VERY FUCKING SMALL okay Michelangelo?!
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d
Fun fact, shrinkage is a fear response, because dangling while running for you life makes it just that much harder to run for your life.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 66d
Because he had perfect faith in the lord, David would have canonically had a stiffy
Winter_Oven@piefed.social · 10 pts · 66d
huh, this is the first time I hear that Michelangelo's David is referring to biblical David.
I mean, I never thought about it...or really looked into it, for that matter. I thought the David statue was of a model named David.
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 66d
Just some guy in town who likes to have his dick out.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d
Til Harambe was a thing in the Renaissance