Working on Your Quarantine #BeardGoals? Here’s Some Masterful Facial Hair From Art History to Inspire You
Something strange is afoot—or rather, a-face.
You man have gotten a glimpse of one via Zoom. Maybe you are
living with one. Or maybe you yourself are cultivating one. We
speak, of course, of a “quarantine beard.” Unable to visit the
barber shop, and unable—or not disposed—to shave their face, the
nation’s gents have taken a turn for the hirsute.
The trend is anything but fringe. Speaking to Wired earlier this month, Christopher
Oldstone-Moore, author of Of Beard and Men: The Revealing
History of Facial Hair said one impetus could be
psychological. “It can be a sort of declaration of fortitude and
heartiness,” he told the magazine. “It’s a way of saying, ‘I’m
tough. I can withstand adversity.’”
Whatever the reason, we’ve taken inspiration from the some
beard-spiration from art history, from Hatchepsut’s false facial
hair to the flowing tresses of
Michelangelo’s Moses.
Large Kneeling Statue of
Hatshepsut (ca. 1479–1458 B.C.)
Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut (ca.
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Dagobert Cutting His
Tutor’s Beard (1332-1350)
Detail of a miniature of Dagobert
cutting his tutor’s beard, from the Grandes Chroniques de
France (1332-1350).
Lucas Cranach the Elder,
Lukas Spielhausen (1532)
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lukas
Spielhausen (1532). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Angelo Bronzino,
Bartolomeo Panciatichi (ca. 1540)
Angelo Bronzino, Bartolomeo
Panciatichi (ca. 1540). Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
A Chinese Seated Figure
with Grey Beard and Black Hat (n.d.)
A Chinese Seated Figure with Grey Beard
and Black Hat. Courtesy of the Wellcome Collection.
Anthony van Dyck, Study
Head of an Old Man with a White Beard (ca.
1617-1620)
Anthony van Dyck, Study Head of an
Old Man with a White Beard (ca. 1617-1620). Courtesy of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chotu, Maharaja Sardar
Singh of Bikaner (ca. 1860–70)
Chotu, Maharaja Sardar Singh of
Bikaner (ca. 1860–70). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
El Greco, A Gentleman
with his Hand on his Chest (ca. 1610)
El Greco, Saint Jerome as
Scholar (ca. 1610). Image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Jean Auguste Dominique
Ingres, Jupiter and Thetis (1811)
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres,
Jupiter and Thetis (1811). Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Edouard Manet, A
Matador (1866-67)
Edouard Manet, A Matador
(1866-67). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Toyohara Kunichika,
Ichikawa Danjuro as Kato Kiyomasa (1895)
Toyohara Kunichika, Ichikawa Danjuro
as Kato Kiyomasa (1895). Image courtesy Rijksmuseum.
Vincent van Gogh,
Portrait of Joseph Roulin, Arles (1889)
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Joseph
Roulin, Arles (1889). Courtesy of MoMA.
Michelangelo’s Moses
(1505-1545)
Michelangelo’s Moses (1505-1545)
for Julius II, San Pietro in Vincoli. Courtesy Wikimedia
Commons.
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