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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... probably always worth cultivating ; and when we love what after all has an enormous refining influence , its cultivation may even become a duty . The power and sanctity of physical , as well as moral beauty , has been recognised in all ...
... probably always worth cultivating ; and when we love what after all has an enormous refining influence , its cultivation may even become a duty . The power and sanctity of physical , as well as moral beauty , has been recognised in all ...
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... probably be neither understood nor believed in by the ordinary run of educated people , in England , at least . But it is very real to those whose passionate care for the beautiful makes it a kind of necessity to them - and they are the ...
... probably be neither understood nor believed in by the ordinary run of educated people , in England , at least . But it is very real to those whose passionate care for the beautiful makes it a kind of necessity to them - and they are the ...
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... probably the more cheaply ) they will be able to apparel themselves . What usually takes place in this country in the matter of dress ? Vain persons who are proud of their appearance , and wish to make the most of themselves , spend ...
... probably the more cheaply ) they will be able to apparel themselves . What usually takes place in this country in the matter of dress ? Vain persons who are proud of their appearance , and wish to make the most of themselves , spend ...
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... the notion of dress as an expression of character , from a book by M. Charles Blanc : L'Art dans la Parure et dans le Vêtement , ' which , with all its cleverness , is probably written 18 BEAUTY AND DRESS . MEANING OF DRESS.
... the notion of dress as an expression of character , from a book by M. Charles Blanc : L'Art dans la Parure et dans le Vêtement , ' which , with all its cleverness , is probably written 18 BEAUTY AND DRESS . MEANING OF DRESS.
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Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. which , with all its cleverness , is probably written with an ironic arrière pensée , and meant to be swallowed with reservations . M. Blanc is Membre de l'Institut , Ancien Directeur des Beaux - Arts . ' He has ...
Mary Eliza Joy Haweis. which , with all its cleverness , is probably written with an ironic arrière pensée , and meant to be swallowed with reservations . M. Blanc is Membre de l'Institut , Ancien Directeur des Beaux - Arts . ' He has ...
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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