Naked David, etc. is Reason for Moral Decline Says Presidential Candidate

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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Culture Monster Blog
It's the Renaissance, stupid. The economy is not what ails us today. No, what ails Americans is what Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and their artistic spawn have wrought in the culture, starting 500 years ago. Hate the art, in other words, not the artist. The Renaissance has dragged us all down. Tea party queen and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is convinced that America is sinking into tyranny. Why? In a remarkable profile of the candidate appearing in the Aug. 15 issue of the New Yorker magazine, the artistic flowering of the Italian Renaissance takes a beating for having done away with the god-fearing Dark Ages. I'm guessing that Michelangelo and Leonardo would disagree. As the saying goes: Hate the philosophy, but not the philosopher. [link]

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