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How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity

內容簡介

內容簡介 文藝復興時代是個「外貌協會」的時代，從藝術家們追求力與美的身體雕刻與裸體畫作，可看出當時代的風尚─鼓吹所有女性追求美的極致。「追求美」的意識開始一路從16世紀影響女性對身材和外貌的焦慮，女性們開始在身體各部位都追求完美，不能有鬆弛的上臂、沒有臭味的胳肢窩、非挺起來不可的胸部、惹人厭的妊娠紋和口臭困擾等，而這個風潮也刺激美妝、香水與美體產業的發展，對她們來說，「美」不僅代表被崇拜，更是一種身分地位─權力─的象徵。歷史學教授Jill Burke透過多個文藝復興時期的女性工匠、藝術家、演員和作家們是如何透過自己的方式來反叛這樣的風尚，並試圖為「為何女性永遠都對自己的外表充滿批判？」找尋答案，以及探討外表之於權力的關係。Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have turned to make up as a rich source of creativity, community and resistanceThe Renaissance was an era obsessed with appearances. And beauty culture from the time has left traces that give us a window into an overlooked realm of history - revealing everything from sixteenth-century women's body anxieties to their sophisticated botanical and chemical knowledge.How to be a Renaissance Woman allows us to glimpse the world of the female artists, artisans and businesswomen carving out space for themselves, as well as those who gained power and influence in the cut-throat world of the court.In a vivid exploration of women's lives, Professor Jill Burke invites us to rediscover historical cosmetic recipes and unpack the origins of the beauty ideals that are still with us today.

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各界推薦 A total eye-opener, I loved it -- Nuala McGovern, BBC Radio 4 Woman's HourA lively and intriguing exploration of female life in the Renaissance, lifting the lid on anxieties and aspirations that will sound oddly familiar to any 21st century reader. You'll never look at Renaissance portraits in the same way -- Maggie O'FarrellTerrific ... Drawing on early published beauty pamphlets, letters, poems, songs, diaries and recipe books, not to mention treatises by both men and women and the rich material of Renaissance art, [Burke] has emerged with enough knowledge to open her own Renaissance Body Shop ... The book is that rare thing, a serious history that is both accessible and entertaining - no more so than when it comes to the age-old debate as to whether women's commitment to beauty is a sign of weakness, a pandering to male desire or a form of empowerment ― Literary ReviewTaking a fresh, women-led perspective, Burke highlights a rich tapestry of female experience that encompasses everyone from artisans to aristocrats ... the everyday women mixing their own beauty products should rightly be considered chemists and botanists. Successfully creating these cosmetics required knowledge of plants and their properties, as well as how to transform them via different techniques. Renaissance women had greater scientific knowledge and experience than they are often credited with ― The Times

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jill Burke is a professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the University of Edinburgh and writes about the body and its representation, focussing on Italy and Europe 1400-1700. Her most recent book The Italian Renaissance Nude was deemed "a keystone for future studies" and selected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles list. A member of the curatorial team for The Renaissance Nude exhibition at the Royal Academy in London and the J. Paul Getty Museum in New York in 2018-19, she co-edited the exhibition catalogue. Jill talks regularly about renaissance bodies on TV, radio and podcasts and discusses ideas about the history of art and beauty on "Jill Burke's Blog". Her current research interest is how people in the Renaissance sought to change their bodies, faces and hairstyles to meet beauty ideals. This includes trying out renaissance cosmetics recipes at home and experimenting with physicists in a lab in an unlikely but fruitful collaboration between the history of skincare and soft-matter science.

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最佳賣點 : 文藝復興時期如何在藝術、政治與文化上鼓吹女性追求美，進而開啟化妝品產業的發展？

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