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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 3320938, member: 1476"]All those examples are shown with coiffed hair. I'm certainly not insisting it's the image of a youth but, traditionally in art, unbound hair shown on a female figure was an announcement of her status e.g. a maiden, a married woman shown in domestic intimacy or a prostitute. Today, with our modern eyes, we read it as just a hair style choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 3320938, member: 1476"]All those examples are shown with coiffed hair. I'm certainly not insisting it's the image of a youth but, traditionally in art, unbound hair shown on a female figure was an announcement of her status e.g. a maiden, a married woman shown in domestic intimacy or a prostitute. Today, with our modern eyes, we read it as just a hair style choice. Debora[/QUOTE]
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