Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 17 image entries Contest Directions: Here's your chance to trash famous works of art. Deface sculptures, paintings, or any well know work of art. [ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: art Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 9/2/2005 6:05:00 AM, Ended: 9/4/2005 6:05:00 AM
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Would you become ill if you saw the legs being hacked off Michelangelo’s David? On the other hand, would seeing strips of canvas torn on Botticelli's Venus make you cry? This is what the Italian government is hoping. In recent years, pollution, vandalism and natural decay have run up a bill that is hard for the government to manage. Therefore, the arts laden nation is seeking help from its citizens to foot the bill. Beware that fund raising usually gets a cool reception in Italy, however. Therefore, the government decided to use the shock tactics set forth preciously, with posters featuring the destruction of famous works of art. The tag line for the campaign by the government is: Without your help, Italy could lose something.
In a controversial move intended to make classical art more "relevant" to today's young people, curators of the Pio-Clementine Museum commissioned extensive re-work of the Apollo Belvedere in the likeness of pop icon Paris Hilton.
Though our hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear.
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Would you become ill if you saw the legs being hacked off Michelangelo’s David? On the other hand, would seeing strips of canvas torn on Botticelli's Venus make you cry? This is what the Italian government is hoping. In recent years, pollution, vandalism and natural decay have run up a bill that is hard for the government to manage. Therefore, the arts laden nation is seeking help from its citizens to foot the bill. Beware that fund raising usually gets a cool reception in Italy, however. Therefore, the government decided to use the shock tactics set forth preciously, with posters featuring the destruction of famous works of art. The tag line for the campaign by the government is: Without your help, Italy could lose something. 
