Tag: Athena
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Of luxuriant manes and in praise of baldness
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi Chicago, Illinois, United States Figure 1. Voltaire rising from bed (Le Lever du Philosophe de Fer***X), by Jean Huber (1721-1786), after a painting by the same artist. Print acquired by the British Museum in 1861. The feverish imagination of poets has ever eulogized the beauty of feminine hair. The beloved’s hair has…