Creating the Shape of Georgian Beauty
Once deformity occurred, the amelioration of such irregularities was imperative lest they destroy that balance of the constitution which is so necessary to health and longevity.
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The Scientific Management of Georgian Beauty
Life in early modern (1500-1800) societies was rife with injuries and diseases that could result in bodily deformities. Moneyed and poor alike were subject to the debilitating effects to daily life. Preventing such deformities, and thus increasing beauty became important.
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One look at a fashion runway reveals how much beauty ideals have changed through the centuries. What would have Jane Austen considered beautiful?
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A Lady of Distinction. Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces(1811). Enl. ed. Mendocino, CA: R.L. Shep ;, 1997. Andry, Nicolas. Orthopaedia: Or, the Art of Correcting and Preventing Deformities in Children . Vol. 1. London, 1743. Buc’hoz, Pierre-Joseph. The Toilet of Flora Or, a Collection of the Most Simple and Approved Methods of Preparing Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes, Sweet-Scented Waters, and Opiates for Preserving and Whitening the Teeth, &c. &c. With Receipts for Cosmetics of Every … Continue reading →
A Touch of Consumption
I’d like to welcome Kyra Kramer today as she shares a fascinating article on consumption–known today as tuberculosis–during the regency era. Medical anthropology is the study of how culture frames health, illness, and medicine. Since cultures change over time, you can also look at medical anthropology from a historical perspective. For example, the way British people during the Regency era conceptualized consumption – AKA tuberculosis – was very different from the way people in the … Continue reading →