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  2. Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Naples)

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    The painting shows the headless body of Holofernes slumping over. Judith sweeps Holofernes's head into a basket showing a look of swiftness about her. The viewer can see the maidservant's head in the background while the rest of her body is unseen. She seems eager to see what directions Judith will give her next. [7]

  3. Historical Christian hairstyles - Wikipedia

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    Women then wore a round head-dress which encircled the face. Emperors and empresses wore a large, low crown , wide at the top, ornamented with precious stones cut en cabochon, and jeweled pendants falling down to the shoulders, such as may be seen in the mosaics of S. Vitalis at Ravenna and a large number of diptychs .

  4. Women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

  5. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    Different coloured haloes have specific meanings: orange for monks, green for the Buddha and other more elevated beings, [12] and commonly figures have both a halo for the head, and another circular one for the body, the two often intersecting somewhere around the head or neck. Thin lines of gold often radiate outwards or inwards from the rim ...

  6. Jael - Wikipedia

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    In Waking the Dead s4ep1, "In Sight of The Lord", a series of murders are committed with a large nail through the head fixing the victim to the floor. The biblical meaning of the act is explored in the process of solving the murders. Ezra Glenn's song "Sisera Sleeps" from 2020's "Two-Heel Sandwich" refers to Jael's actions.

  7. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Jesus held women personally responsible for their own behavior as seen in his dealings with the woman at the well (John 4:16–18), the woman taken in adultery (John 8:10–11), and the sinful woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:44–50 and the other three gospels). Jesus dealt with each as having the personal freedom and enough self ...

  8. White German woman tells ‘Maury’ of her 'transition' to ...

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    Big achieved her current skin color using chemical tanning injections, which darkened over a course of four weeks. She then noticed her eye color and natural hair began to get darker as well.

  9. Mary Magdalene (Artemisia Gentileschi) - Wikipedia

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    The combination of the two biblical characters to form Mary Magdalene was to be expected, as they were considered the same person in the sixth century. [2] Though Mary Magdalene's dress has slipped offer her shoulder, it does not reveal her body, alluding to Mary Magdalene's eroticized past, as she is often depicted. [2]