Hair in nude art?

Question:

Hair in nude art?

This is going to be a weird question, and I mean nothing perverse, but in alot of nude renaissance art, nearly all women and some men have no pubic hair... is this symbolic or was this a trend?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

It was a matter of aesthetics. Still to this day there are artists who will eliminate the pubic hair and the hair in the armpit for aesthetics. Nothing more than that.
It is a matter of personal tastes to the individual artist. These days pubic hair is not an issue for most artists in life drawing nor in studio paintings. The only real way to avoid the pubic hair in photography is when the model shaves the hair off himself, or herself.
An artist is not a camera, so he or she can eliminate this hair or not.If they want they can paint or draw a braid into the crotch.