Leonardo da Vinci's Angel incarnate also censored by Facebook

Leonardo da Vinci ’sIncarnate Angel has also been censored by Facebook’s algorithm: the social network allegedly demanded that the work be cut because the entire figure appears nude and thus against Facebook’s ban on posting “images with content characterized by sexually suggestive placements that show a lot of nudity.”

TheEmbodied Angel is a work of difficult dating that was rediscovered in the last century in Tuscany: it is a charcoal drawing that depicts a smiling hermaphrodite teenager; it has feminine hair and an erect penis, the latter element that triggered the censorship.

The image had been posted by Silvano Vinceti, a researcher who has been working on enigmas related to Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa for years, on his Facebook page L’invisibile nell’arte.

“The reason given is shameful, ridiculous, worthy of authoritarian systems of Nazi, fascist and communist brands. For centuries people have been fighting for free artistic expression, and the censoring eye of the social network has dressed up as the worst obscurantism in recent history. More violence and offense to Leonardo da Vinci could not have been done. We will immediately proceed with a collection of signatures addressed to European and Italian institutions so that the freedom of artistic expression and dissemination of the works of all artists is protected. Other initiatives are being prepared for the affirmation of a principle that cannot be trampled on,” Vinceti commented.

Pictured is a detail of the embodied Angel.

Leonardo da Vinci's Angel incarnate also censored by Facebook

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