cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 days agoDid any of the tradtionally attractive characters like Aphrodite or Helen of Troy or like Cleopatra have a unibrow?message-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDid any of the tradtionally attractive characters like Aphrodite or Helen of Troy or like Cleopatra have a unibrow?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoAphrodite is mythological, Helen of Troy is ambiguous like King Arthur or Robin Hood. Likely mythical. As a goddess, Aphrodite can appear as she wants, and often changes how she looks. Helen, while human, is always described as “white armed” or “fair haired”, no mention of a unibrow. https://www.thoughtco.com/helen-of-troy-iliad-of-homer-118918 If you want an example of a woman considered to be attractive with a unibrow, you really don’t have to look any further than Frida Kahlo. She had multiple lovers in her lifetime, men and women, and her self portraits often depict her with an exaggerated unibrow and mustache. Her photographs don’t necessarily agree, but obviously she considered it a unibrow if she put it in a self portrait. One of 55 self portraits, 1940: o Photograph, 1940:
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·23 days agoYeah, I think a lot of Frida’s attractiveness was due to her strong character, personality and ideological thoughts. These have an influence on what and how we consider certain features attractive or not.
Aphrodite is mythological, Helen of Troy is ambiguous like King Arthur or Robin Hood. Likely mythical.
As a goddess, Aphrodite can appear as she wants, and often changes how she looks.
Helen, while human, is always described as “white armed” or “fair haired”, no mention of a unibrow.
https://www.thoughtco.com/helen-of-troy-iliad-of-homer-118918
If you want an example of a woman considered to be attractive with a unibrow, you really don’t have to look any further than Frida Kahlo.
She had multiple lovers in her lifetime, men and women, and her self portraits often depict her with an exaggerated unibrow and mustache.
Her photographs don’t necessarily agree, but obviously she considered it a unibrow if she put it in a self portrait.
One of 55 self portraits, 1940:
Photograph, 1940:
Yeah, I think a lot of Frida’s attractiveness was due to her strong character, personality and ideological thoughts. These have an influence on what and how we consider certain features attractive or not.