Michelangelo Buonarroti (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A replica of Michelangelo’s magnificent Renaissance piece, David, now stands in the town of Okuizumo, Japan. As you might expect, the marble replica of David is tall, 16 feet in fact, and also naked, as Michelangelo had intended. One would expect the town’s people to be delighted with the artistic addition,
however, according to a town official, some of the residents are asking that David be given…underwear. Hmmm. “It is the first time we have had anything like this in our town,” said Yoji Morinaga. “Perhaps people were perplexed.”
As for me, the old adage to leave well enough alone seems to apply. However, if they are serious about clothing David after all these years,
Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia in Firenze (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I would suggest the town could richly benefit from a lotto to select a seamstress!
Ciao,
Judy
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I can’t believe they would want to put a pair of undies on this statue! Would it be a boxer or a brief? How about a pair of boxers with hearts all over them? That would look cute…and, um, manly!
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