A Florence elementary
school canceled a class visit to a religion-themed art
exhibition because it might irk non-Catholic students, sources
said Thursday.
The show titled Divine Beauty is on view at Palazzo Strozzi
and includes The White Crucifixion, a canvas by Russian Jewish
painter Marc Chagall, as well as work by Henri Matisse, Pablo
Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh.
School officials decided to cancel the visit "to
accommodate the sensibilities of non-Catholic families, given
the religious theme of the show", La Nazione regional daily
reported.
Several parents objected on the grounds that much of art
history is based on sacred subjects, Christian or otherwise.
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