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Michelangelo was accused of obscenity when he finished ''The Last Judgment'' in 1541 because of his depictions of naked figures showing genitals. A censorhip campaign was mounted to remove the frescos, but the Pope resisted. When Michelangelo died a law was issued that genitals in works of art should be covered, and one of his apprentices painted over the parts in question. In 1993 the work was restored, but the work was left in its censored state. The "fig-leaf campaign" of the [[Counter-Reformation]] to cover all representations of human genitals in paintings and sculptures started with Michelangelo's works. One example is that the child Jesus in "Madonna of Bruges" remained covered for several decades. <ref>http://www.edinformatics.com/great_thinkers/michelangelo.htm</ref>  

Michelangelo was accused of obscenity when he finished ''The Last Judgment'' in 1541 because of his depictions of naked figures showing genitals. A censorhip campaign was mounted to remove the frescos, but the Pope resisted. When Michelangelo died a law was issued that genitals in works of art should be covered, and one of his apprentices painted over the parts in question. In 1993 the work was restored, but the work was left in its censored state. The "fig-leaf campaign" of the [[Counter-Reformation]] to cover all representations of human genitals in paintings and sculptures started with Michelangelo's works. One example is that the child Jesus in "Madonna of Bruges" remained covered for several decades. <ref>http://www.edinformatics.com/great_thinkers/michelangelo.htm</ref>  

A similar campaign occurred in Victorian Britain, where even the legs of pianos were covered in more fastidious households.  

A similar campaign occurred in Victorian Britain.  

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