Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works to

And Finally...@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months ago

The nude female body has been depicted in art countless times. But where is all the pubic hair?

152

The nude female body has been depicted in art countless times. But where is all the pubic hair?

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works to

And Finally...@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months ago

From the influence of the devil to overzealous restorers, there are numerous strange reasons and theories behind the conspicuous lack of pubic hair on women depicted in Western art.

Chat

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
23·
3 months ago
I feel like it might’ve been painted on for greek-style marble statues? Still unusual for paintings

And Finally...@feddit.uk

andfinally@feddit.uk

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

A place for odd or quirky world news stories.

Elsewhere in the Fediverse:

Rules:

Be excellent to each other
The Internet will resurface old “And finally…” material. Just mark it [VINTAGE]

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

174 users / day
748 users / week
1.85K users / month
6.47K users / 6 months
22 local subscribers
1.08K subscribers
742 Posts
5.96K Comments
Modlog

mods:
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk