Hoy vamos a dedicar la entrada a hablaros de una mujer realmente interesante, Janet Stepens.
Además de peluquera es gran aficionada a la arqueología y se dedica, entre otras cosas, a recrear diferentes peinados clásicos. Su interés por esto comenzó cuando visitó el Walters Art Museum (Baltimore) en 2001. Acababan de renovar las colecciones griega y romana, situando varios bustos en el centro de una sala. Mientras los rodeaba, quedó impresionada por los peinados que estaban representados, así que decidió intentar hacerlos en su casa. Lo que empezó siendo algo casual, le termino llevando a especializarse en ese campo, llegando al punto de haber publicado algún artículo sobre arqueología.
Su último trabajo, presentado el pasado cuatro de enero en la reunión anual del Instituto Arqueológico de América, ha sido la recreación del peinado de las vestales romanas a partir de analizar diferentes documentos de la época. Las vírgenes vestales eran seis jóvenes sacerdotisas -las mujeres más importantes después de la mujer del emperador-, que se encargaban de mantener encendida continuamente la llama del Templo de Vesta.
Today we'll introduce you a very interesting woman, Janet Stephens.
Besides being a professional hairdresser she's also fully conversant with archaeology and, among many other things, she specializes in classic hairstyles. Her interest in this particular aspect arose when in 2001 she visited the Walters Art Museum of Baltimore. They had just renewed their greek and roman collections and had placed several busts in the middle of the room. As she was circling them she felt so impress by the hairstyles that she decided to try to make some at home. What began to be an accidental hobby eventually led her to become an expert in that field. She has even had published research articles about archaeology.
Today we'll introduce you a very interesting woman, Janet Stephens.
Besides being a professional hairdresser she's also fully conversant with archaeology and, among many other things, she specializes in classic hairstyles. Her interest in this particular aspect arose when in 2001 she visited the Walters Art Museum of Baltimore. They had just renewed their greek and roman collections and had placed several busts in the middle of the room. As she was circling them she felt so impress by the hairstyles that she decided to try to make some at home. What began to be an accidental hobby eventually led her to become an expert in that field. She has even had published research articles about archaeology.
Her last work, presented last 4th of January at he Archaeological Institute of America's Annual Meeting, was the recreation of Roome's Vestal Virgins hairdos, after having analysed several documents about that time. Vestal Virgins were six young priestess - the most important women after roman emeperor's wife-, in charge of keeping Vesta's Temple fire always buning.
Podéis ver diferentes muestras de sus peinados en su canal de Youtube:
