"The imperfection was first picked up by Corriere della Sera, which asked: What happened to the Vitruvian Man's genitals? The newspaper noted that all the other attributes of the Vitruvian Man's body appeared to have been faithfully reproduced, except for that one detail, which appeared to have been redacted. The original drawing. Photograph: Dea Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images Backlash from the Italian opposition, which often accuses Giorgia Meloni's far-right government of dominating the public broadcaster, was swift."
"Irene Manzi, the Democratic party group leader of the culture committee in the lower house of parliament, said Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was tampered with and censored, with the genitals from the original works removed an incomprehensible and unacceptable choice. Did Rai really go so far as to alter a Leonardo? Manzi asked. Rai said the accusation of censorship was another spurious controversy improperly targeting the public broadcaster, and dismissed it as yet another fake news story."
Rai's Winter Olympics opening credits featured Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man with the genitals removed, then transformed the image into bodies of ice skaters, skiers and other athletes. Corriere della Sera identified the alteration, noting all other body attributes remained but that specific detail appeared redacted. Opposition politicians immediately criticized the change and requested parliamentary scrutiny over authorization and permission from custodians of the original work. Democratic party leaders labeled the removal tampering and censorship. Rai rejected the censorship accusation as a spurious controversy and dismissed it as fake news while issuing a statement about management and production decisions.
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