Renaissance nude painting row at French school sparks teacher walkout
about 5 months ago (12/13/2023)
Renaissance nude painting row at French school sparks teacher walkout Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Education news Renaissance nude painting row at French school sparks teacher walkout Some students were reportedly “disturbed” by Giuseppe Cesari work which depicts bathing nymphs Gareth Harris 13 December 2023 Share Giuseppe Cesari's Diana and Actaeon (1603) Photo: Google Cultural Institute via Wikimedia creative commons A 17th-century painting by the Renaissance artist Giuseppe Cesari featuring five nude women is at the centre of a censorship row at a French school. The French newspaper Le Monde reports that some students said they were “disturbed” by the display of Diana and Actaeon , a 1603 painting by Cesari. The work was shown during vie de classe (a period in French schools often set aside for general classroom business) to students aged 11 and 12 at Jacques Cartier school in Issou, west of Paris, on 7 December.