Nudity and Fig Leaves in Art To cover, or not to cover; am I a prude? Let’s talk about the Great Castration of all time! Did you ever wonder why walking in Rome, to be more precise, the Vatican City, why most ”male genitalia” were covered in fig leaves or even shocking, were ”smaller” than ‘real life sized’ ones?? Well, by ‘real life sized’, I’m basing on what I have actually seen around…. and I have BEEN around so I have lots of proof, LOL. Well I did, the first time I visited the Eternal City, ROME! There is an interesting story behind these two portraits. They were painted by…