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A Utah teacher was fired earlier this month following complaints made against him after he showed images of classical paintings containing nudity in a classroom seen by fifth and sixth-graders.
Mateo Rueda, a former art teacher at Lincoln Elementary in Hyrum, Utah, said he planned to appeal his termination to clear his reputation, FOX13 reported.
The teacher said he was not aware that a set of educational postcards from the school’s library contained a few works depicting nudity when he handed them out during a lesson.
The two images seen by students were the Impressionist-era portrait “Iris Tree” by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani and the Rococo-style partial nude “Odalisque” by 18th-century artist Francois Boucher, the teacher said.
The teacher said he was not aware that a set of educational postcards from the school’s library contained a few works depicting nudity when he handed them out during a lesson.
I don't know what's more pathetic...
The puritanical insanity?
or
Being fired for showing a class something that was available in the school library?
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He got the postcards from the school library. He states he didn't know there were the objectionable cards in there, although clearly he did because he warned the class ahead of time. But STILL. OH MY GOSH.
Do we not want 5th graders to know what the human body looks like? It almost seems mentally ill, to think that 5th graders should be shielded from art of simple nudity from the Renaissance.
OMG
My husband and I started taking our kids to fine arts museums when they were little. They have seen more painted and sculpted nudes then most adults. Maybe we will be arrested for exposing kids to porn next. Insanity.
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Here's an article with a little more detail. Apparently the issue is not with the artwork itself, but with how Mr. Mateo interacted with the students once the art with female nudity was seen.
I'm a little concerned with a 5th grade boy who becomes upset seeing female nipples. It sounds like there is some disagreement with what actually was said, about being mature in viewing art.
I still remember taking a class of eight year olds to the Art Gallery in Sydney. They were so funny as a few started to try to find all the "rude" art, as they called it, and we realised we had neglected to have a chat about it before hand. But for goodness sake, no-one ever suggested not going again.
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