Stories
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Article
Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
- Article
When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery
When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.
- Article
Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
- Online
The book of Beauty Culture, inside cover and
- Books
- Online
Beauty culture / by H. Ellen Browning.
Browning, H. Ellen.Date: 1898- Books
- Online
Beauty culture : a practical handbook on the care of the person, designed for both professional and private use / by William A. Woodbury.
Woodbury, William A.Date: [1911?]- Books
- Online
Beauty culture : what dermatology has to do with beauty : facial blemishes, skin diseases and hair disorders, their causes, symptoms and the remedies / Bayard, Vane & Co.
Bayard, Vane & Co.Date: [1893]- Books
Beauty and belief : crossing bridges with the arts of Islamic culture / Sabiha Al Khemir.
Khemir, Sabiha.Date: [2012], ©2012