UPDATE (Dec 2015) Here is the Faces database.
Comments are all moderated so don't waste your time spamming: they will never show up.
If you include ANY links that aren't pertinent to the blog post or discussion they will be deleted and a rash will break out in your underwear.
Also: please play the ball and not the person.
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.
The young woman is indeed attractive but don't you think that such mustachios would require considerable maintenance? (And what if the young woman objected to the facial hair? she looks as though she might prefer a mate with a less opulent facial coiffeur. I envision her going for something more like Shakespeare's, very neat and pared down.)
ReplyDeleteI know it's ages after the fact, but if you find that link, I'd love to see it.
ReplyDeleteWell, me too! I can only suggest that it's amongst this lot but that guess would only be about 85-95% for sure (meaning: I'm pretty sure but wouldn't stake a life on it). So anything in there before May '07.
ReplyDeleteActually, that would be before August 2006.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I can or will find it, but I just found enough other stuff to keep me busy for a month. Thank you so much! I am off to make art! With airships! And fantastic beards!
ReplyDeleteIf you happen to still be watching Amanda, I just found the archive here ! I'll add it in the entry too.
ReplyDeleteLack of facial hair and bodily hair has only been considered desirable and attractive only in the States during the 20th century and 19th.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! Every hairdos and headcovers might symbolized something, their social status maybe... Are there any research you might know on this?
ReplyDeletejoneek, I assume you're on the right track. What we wear, the types and quality and colour and patterns of our garments are the primary indicators of our stations in life, seems to me. Although I haven't read anything in particular, I'd also assume this sort of thing was much more peculiar, obvious and important in times gone by and head-wear was doubtless the most usual means of displaying one's status. I also suppose there is a cross-over with things like family coats of arms, military traditions, regional culture, art and trade motifs and many more no doubt. I wonder if you dig very deep you'll find that there is no purity; that all dimensions of life have symbolic references and echoes and manifestations across all others (he says, up late, waxing lyrical, way past his bedtime).
ReplyDeleteAll of this is pure conjecture. I am a mile wide and an inch deep.
I'm afraid the link seems to be down... I have tried looking for one of the portraits using "DONNA MARIA CAJETANA SCHOLASTICA DE MURATORIIS MONIALIS ORDINIS SANCTI BENEDICTI"... with no luck. Can you provide the name of the institution hosting the images, please? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Caroline - sorry I left your comment on hold for so long. It was merely lazy/stupid operator. The correct link has been added above.
ReplyDelete