The Art of BeautyDescriptions of dress, make-up, hair fashion, and physical beauty reflect the strict code of behavior regarding appearance in Victorian England. |
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... beautiful , is one that is justified by the utter impossibility of stamping it out . I should be the last to imply that physical beauty is the only thing that can make a woman attractive . Many are attractive and magnetic without beauty ...
... beautiful , is one that is justified by the utter impossibility of stamping it out . I should be the last to imply that physical beauty is the only thing that can make a woman attractive . Many are attractive and magnetic without beauty ...
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... beautiful . Beauty seemed to the Greek the visible sign of an inward grace , and an expression of divine good - will . • Thus it naturally came to be cultivated at Athens with an enthusiasm and devotion such as it is difficult for us to ...
... beautiful . Beauty seemed to the Greek the visible sign of an inward grace , and an expression of divine good - will . • Thus it naturally came to be cultivated at Athens with an enthusiasm and devotion such as it is difficult for us to ...
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... beautiful-- to disguise deformity , to provide by care and forethought for others , a pleasure which costs so little and brings in so much even to the giver , that one is tempted at times to fancy vanity itself but the abuse or ...
... beautiful-- to disguise deformity , to provide by care and forethought for others , a pleasure which costs so little and brings in so much even to the giver , that one is tempted at times to fancy vanity itself but the abuse or ...
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... beautiful makes it a kind of necessity to them - and they are the subtle and delicate souls that build up the art - crown of a nation . The uneasiness to which I allude , is very similar to what we all feel more or less , according to ...
... beautiful makes it a kind of necessity to them - and they are the subtle and delicate souls that build up the art - crown of a nation . The uneasiness to which I allude , is very similar to what we all feel more or less , according to ...
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... beautiful because they recall nature , fashions which are beautiful because sensible and fulfilling the aim for which they were invented . In fact , no dress can be beautiful that is not appropriate , and appropriateness consists ...
... beautiful because they recall nature , fashions which are beautiful because sensible and fulfilling the aim for which they were invented . In fact , no dress can be beautiful that is not appropriate , and appropriateness consists ...
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æsthetic appearance artistic attire bashlyk beautiful becoming better blue bodice body bonnet British Museum century Cloth colour complexion conceal contradict the natural costume COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK crinoline cultivated dark decoration deformity delicate drawing by Holbein dress dull ears effect ETRUSCAN face false farthingale fashion feeling feet figure flowers folds garment girl gown grace Greek green hair Half Calf head head-dress hint Invisible Joanna JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY kind lace ladies LADY BERKELEY less light look means mediæval melan mind modern morality mother natural lines neck never ornament paint pale patterns perhaps persons picturesque pink plaits pretty pretty woman PRIME PAGE purple Quentin Matsys seen shade Sheep shoe Sir Charles Eastlake skirt sleeve stola taste thing thought tight tint trimming ugly veil Visible vulgar waist walls Watteau wear whilst woman women worn yellow