If you think it’s hard to keep up a beauty regime now, wait until you see what lengths the Venetians went to in order to be beautiful!
Make-Up and Medicine in the Middle Ages
January 13, 2015 By
A look at cosmetics and make-up in the Middle Ages.
Pedlars and Alchemists in Friuli History of itinerant sellers in an alpine reality
August 25, 2014 By
This short review discusses about itinerant sellers in Friuli, who are Cramaro called (XI-XIX centuries). Attention is focused, in particular, on the question if some of theme were alchemists.
Medieval Mean Girls: On Sexual Rivalry and the Uses of Cosmetics in La Celestina
July 27, 2014 By
The prevalent use of cosmetics among women fast became a topic for moralist discourse, both inside and out of the Peninsula.
What Makes Her Beautiful? Feminine Beauty Standards in Renaissance Italy
January 28, 2014 By
Perhaps one of the most straightforward elements of beauty was the skin. Pale and undamaged skin was considered the most beautiful for women.
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