Gregory's ServerThe Aphrodite of Knidos established the canonical to depict the female form in art. And many European cultures have a major fixation on the ancient Greeks being the pinnacle of art, civilisation and culture, so the influence of Praxiteles has persisted for millennia.
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Likewise, the double standard, established in ancient Greek sculpture, of depicting penises on the male figures but Barbie crotch on women also persisted. Christ, Adam and Eve, detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, circa 1480-1505, Museo del Prado While artists, both now and in the past, have subverted the Barbie crotch and depicted labia majora, pudendal clefts and pubic hair in their work, Barbie crotch remains highly prevalent. Take, for example, the Pioneer plaque, the first depiction of a vulva in space. Carl Sagan said that the Barbie crotch design was influenced by the way ancient Greeks depicted vulvas. https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110747221983351656 In the era of airbrushing and photoshopping, the Barbie crotch aesthetic has extended to photos of actual humans, such as this 2021 photo from Kendall Jenner's Instagram. The ancient Greek influence of the Barbie crotch has ultimately influenced us for millennia as to the "correct" way to depict a vulva. And it's highly incorrect. It would take a polymath genius such as Barbie herself to undo the damage. @vagina_museum finding baby dolls for toddlers with external genitalia was very tricky. @vagina_museum  @vagina_museum Is it ever considered that women with their hand in their crotch/over their crotch may have just indulged in masturbation?  @vagina_museum@masto.ai Wasn't the depiction of pubic hair the key difference between "normal" Art and Pornography until the turn of the 20th century? |
The hand barely obscuring the hairless, featureless Barbie crotch has been highly popular in artistic depictions of women.
Sleeping Venus by Giorgione, circa 1510, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.