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Beauty and Cosmetics: 1500-1900
Weekend course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
Explore the pursuit of beauty and the sometimes deadly art of make-up. Examining paints, powders, brushes and pencils, you will discover how women and men across society reconstructed their appearance throughout the early modern period.
Course Leader
Barbara Lasic
Barbara is a Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Buckingham where she directs the MA in Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors, and the MA in the Art Market and the History of Collecting. She is a regular Consultant Lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Barbara is a very engaging speaker, she makes the subject very approachable Previous Course Student
Course overview
Drawing on lavish examples from the V&A’s own collections, the course will examine our ongoing fascination for physical beauty, and our often complex and ambiguous relationship with cosmetics. Some of the themes covered by the course will include the conceptualization of early modern standards of physical beauty, beautification rituals and their links with sexuality, as well as the satirical depictions of the use of cosmetics, and the religious, political and social opposition to their consumption.
Further Information
• Refreshments served • Price reductions available for Seniors (60+), jobseekers (ES40 holders) and registered disabled people
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Weekend course: Beauty and Cosmetics: 1500-1900
25 January 2020 - 26 January 2020
£147.00 - £195.00
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