Author: Amy Johns | Category:
history of beauty
my lil sis has an intervive at tower hamlets col and has to writ 2 pages on the history of beauty any ideas
History of Cosmetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cosmetics
Prehistoric statuettes of pregnant women
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines
"Nefertiti (the beauty that has come) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. She was made famous by her bust, which is one of the most copied works of ancient Egypt. The bust itself is notable for exemplifying the understanding Ancient Egyptians had regarding realistic facial proportions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti
Helen of Troy - the "face that launched a thousand ships"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy
Anne Boleyn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
"Rubenesque" women
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens
The Venus de Milo
It was praised by artists and critics as the epitome of graceful female beauty; however, Pierre-Auguste Renoir dismissed it as a "big gendarme" [cop].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo
Madame de Pompadour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Pompadour
Elizabeth Taylor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe
Supermodel Twiggy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy
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