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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... decoration , such as jewellery or needlework ) -we no longer look upon a gown as a shield against wintry cold , or a modest veil drawn between ourselves and the outer world . We expect it to be a work of art . Much money , repre ...
... decoration , such as jewellery or needlework ) -we no longer look upon a gown as a shield against wintry cold , or a modest veil drawn between ourselves and the outer world . We expect it to be a work of art . Much money , repre ...
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... decoration of any kind , until the fundamental principle of good art is recognised , that people may do as they like in the matter , and until women cease to be afraid of being laughed at for doing what they feel to be wise and right ...
... decoration of any kind , until the fundamental principle of good art is recognised , that people may do as they like in the matter , and until women cease to be afraid of being laughed at for doing what they feel to be wise and right ...
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... decorative buildings , where the ignorant archi- tect , knowing the whole thing to be a sham , the balconies of plaster , the carvings cement , the lintels fictitious , the pillars hollow , forgets that the forms he borrows were meant ...
... decorative buildings , where the ignorant archi- tect , knowing the whole thing to be a sham , the balconies of plaster , the carvings cement , the lintels fictitious , the pillars hollow , forgets that the forms he borrows were meant ...
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... were renowned , is suggested - a form of decoration which had become. FIG . 15. - Eleventh century ( early ) . FIG . 16. - Eleventh century ( late ) . FIG . 22. - Court lady , early sixteenth century. 54 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
... were renowned , is suggested - a form of decoration which had become. FIG . 15. - Eleventh century ( early ) . FIG . 16. - Eleventh century ( late ) . FIG . 22. - Court lady , early sixteenth century. 54 BEAUTY AND DRESS .
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Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. is suggested - a form of decoration which had become . universal . The traditional garb of the saints and angels shining in our stained windows , is the fashionable daily dress of the eleventh century . In the ...
Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. is suggested - a form of decoration which had become . universal . The traditional garb of the saints and angels shining in our stained windows , is the fashionable daily dress of the eleventh century . In the ...
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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