How to be a Renaissance woman : The untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
Burke, Jill, 1971- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
GT2341.E85 B87 2023
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Title How to be a Renaissance woman : The untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
Author Burke, Jill, 1971- author.
ISBN 9781639365913
1639365915
9781788166669
1788166663
Published London : Profile Books : Wellcome Collection, 2023.
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color.
Call Number GT2341.E85 B87 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 391.6/309409031
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
Part one. Beauty ideals
1. Venus and the fruit seller
2. What is a (renaissance) woman?
3. Sprezzatura and the natural look
Part two. Judgement
4. Was renaissance beauty culture oppressive or empowering?
5. Beauty tips for brides
6. Whiteface
Part three. Renaissance bodywork
7. Getting in shape
8. Breast bags, nose jobs and labiaplasty
9. Witch hunts and body hair
Part four. Power (un)dressing
10. Beauty's dangerous paths
11. Nakedness and the power of the gaze
12. Rebellious hair
Part five. Communities of knowledge
13. Poison and the patriarchy
14. What renaissance women knew
15. How to be a renaissance woman: the recipes.

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