Here are some of the darkest and least-known Christian beliefs
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Michelangelo’s David with a fig leaf
During the counter-reformation period, the Roman Catholic Church came into power and that was the start of the early Renaissance censorship acts. Painters like Michelangelo were condemned for portraying nude biblical figures in the Sistine chapel. They were asked to camouflage the nakedness of religious figures leading to the censorship act known as the “Vatican’s fig leaf campaign”.
The Church looked out for all the nude sculptures in Rome and carefully placed metal fig leaves to cover their genitals.
This propaganda spread all across Europe. When a plaster cast of David was presented to Queen Victoria by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, a large detachable fig leaf was given to hide the penis of the sculpture.
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