• hellofriend@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      No, the heart symbol (with that connotation) only comes about in the middle ages. Prior to this, the shape used in art generally referenced foliage.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      15 days ago

      It definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.

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      15 days ago

      Maybe it’s an ear? There’s a bump in front of the face that would match for the right. It’s a really pleasing detail the more I look at it.