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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:31 AM
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Air to 'guard Michelangelo David'
BBC News

The statue commemorates the biblical king of Israel, David

Michelangelo's famous statue of David could soon be enveloped in invisible jets of air to protect it from dust and corrosion, museum officials say.

More than a million tourists are said to visit the statue every year in the Italian city of Florence.

The "wall of air" is one of several steps the museum is considering that could protect the statue from dirt particles without encasing it in glass.

A controversial renovation of the statue was completed last May.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4144261.stm
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:34 AM
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1. What a good idea!
An air curtain is even environmentally friendly.
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fertilizeonarbusto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:39 AM
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2. yes but
WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT OUR CHILLUNS FROM THAT NAKKED PENESSSSS? THIS CAN'T BE DAVID-EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S NO NEKKEDNESS IN THE BYBUL AFTER ADAM AND EVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :silly:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:41 AM
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3. Just how controversial was it? Did they enlarge anything?


Why not just protect Davy in a sealed glass case? It must surely cost more to blow jets of air onto it for 24/7. :crazy:
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