Editing Pubic hair (section)

=== In art ===
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[[File:Eve with a Stag.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Heinrich Aldegrever]]'s Eve, 1540; a rare early example of pubic hair in northern European art]]
In [[ancient Egyptian art]], female pubic hair is indicated in the form of painted triangles.<ref>Stuckey, Johanna (2007). [http://www.matrifocus.com/LAM07/spotlight.htm The "Holy One"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131132738/http://www.matrifocus.com/LAM07/spotlight.htm |date=January 31, 2008 }}. ''Cross Quarterly for the Goddess Woman''. '''6''' (4).</ref> In medieval and classical European art, pubic hair was very rarely depicted, and male pubic hair was often, but not always, omitted.{{sfn|Barcan|2004|p=144}} Sometimes it was portrayed in stylized form, as was the case with Greek graphic art.{{sfn|Hollander|1993|p=136}}

In 16th century southern Europe, [[Michelangelo]] showed the male [[David (Michelangelo)|David]] with stylized pubic hair,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/home/a11487/17-hbz-2015-08-01-to-ladyscape-or-not-1-3635/|title=To Ladyscape, or Not?|first=Alex|last=Kuczynski|date=July 16, 2015|website=Harper's BAZAAR}}</ref> but female bodies were depicted hairless below the head. Nevertheless, Michelangelo's male nudes on the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] display no pubic hair.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

In the late 18th century, female pubic hair was openly portrayed in Japanese [[Shunga (art)|shunga]] (erotica), especially in the [[ukiyo-e]] tradition.{{sfn|Screech|1999|p=}} [[Hokusai]]'s picture ''[[The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife]]'' (1814), which depicts a woman having an erotic fantasy, is a well-known example. In Japanese drawings, such as [[hentai]], pubic hair is often omitted, since for a long time the display of pubic hair was not legal. The interpretation of the law has since changed.{{sfn|Zanghellini|2009}}

{{lang|fr|[[L'Origine du monde]]}} (1866), by the French artist [[Gustave Courbet]], was controversial for its realism, which pushed the limits of what was considered presentable at the time. In contrast to academic painting, which favored smooth, idealized nudes, this painting showed a close-up view of the vulva, with full pubic hair, of a woman lying on a bed with legs spread.