• Nurgus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    One thing the article doesn’t consider is age. What if the ancient artists were intending their subjects to be younger girls than the actual models?

    “Youth” in women being idealised then as now, presumably. I don’t imagine they had the same issues with girls being under age as we do.