The term assigned to those who painted draperies over the offensive areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo's Last Judgment is "Fig-leaf artists." This practice was part of a broader effort during the Counter-Reformation to censor works of art deemed inappropriate or offensive to the moral standards of the time. The interventions were often criticized for altering the original intent and expression of the artist.
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