‘What happened to the testicles?’: mockery in Milan over bull mosaic’s restoration
Rampant Bull needed a makeover after wear and tear from tourists, but refurbishment ‘castrated’ it, critics say The restoration of a floor mosaic in Milan called the Rampant Bull has been mocked after the works appear to have erased a crucial anatomical detail – its testicles. The 19th-century mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade needed a makeover because a small crater had formed in the tiny pink tiles featuring the bull’s testicles, due to the constan
Rampant Bull needed a makeover after wear and tear from tourists, but refurbishment ‘castrated’ it, critics say The restoration of a floor mosaic in Milan called the Rampant Bull has been mocked after the works appear to have erased a crucial anatomical detail – its testicles. The 19th-century mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade needed a makeover because a small crater had formed in the tiny pink tiles featuring the bull’s testicles, due to the constant stream of tourists performing a heel-spinning gesture. Continue reading...
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