Glasgow subway blocks poster over Michelangelo statue nudity

A poster for an Italian edifice with Michelangelo's bare statue of David has been barred from Glasgow subway.

The steadfast that manages the advertizing abstraction requested for the poster to beryllium edited to fell the statue's nudity.

DRG Group, which owns Glasgow's Barolo restaurant, said it was "surprised" by the effect to the advert - which shows the Renaissance sculpture eating a portion of pizza.

It created a caller mentation of the poster that hides the statue's crotch area.

Nadine Carmichael, caput of income and marketing, said: "We had artwork successful spot and discussed if we could screen the crotch with a flag.

"We got stickers made and the feedback was that they weren't really large enough.

"Our adjacent larboard of telephone was to amusement Michelangelo from the waist up. We got determination successful the end."

DRG said its wanted to usage classical Italian creation to showcase the restaurant's food, with the Mona Lisa besides discussed arsenic a imaginable candidate.

Michelangelo's 5.17m (17ft) statue is 1 of the astir celebrated pieces of Renaissance art.

Completed betwixt 1501 and 1504, it depicts a bare David, the Biblical fig who kills the elephantine Goliath.

Global, which manages the advertizing space, has been approached for comment.