In this wide format painting that was probably ... the differences between men and women are in full comic view. The subtle comedy makes this one of Botticelli’s most famous works.

The look gets its name from artist Sandro Botticelli, whose paintings often depicted beautiful women with free-flowing, wavy locks. While Botticelli’s muses might have had hair trailing down to ...

But since it’s Christmas, now is a better time than ever to call attention to a lesser-known and somewhat ominous Botticelli painting depicting the latter. “Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held ...