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The rich and strange world of early modern beauty and cosmetics
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In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector
JENNY SAVILLE IS KNOWN FOR HER LARGE-SCALE PORTRAITS of the female body, often depicted with grotesque exaggeration and distorted features. She links the intricacies of bodily flesh to the layering of
The mythology of the ‘career open to talents’
IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT EVERY HOME MUST BE IN WANT OF CHARACTER, WRITES TALLULAH RUSHAYA
