She has been working on how we learn from things that were made in the past for many years. Drawing on images in the Corsini and other Italian collections, she will help today’s viewers imagine a very different sense of health and beauty in the past.Įvelyn Welch is Professor of Renaissance Studies and Provost (Arts & Sciences) at King’s College London. In this talk, Evelyn Welch will discuss the many recipes, potions and procedures that were used to both improve physical appearance but also to protect beauty in Renaissance Florence between 15. But their skeletons tell a different story, one of disease, pox-marks and deformities.
Women were all shown with pale white complexions while the men all have full heads of hair and ruddy cheeks. The portraits of Renaissance men and women show unblemished skin, smooth, well-groomed hair and strong, handsome physiques.
Beautiful Florentines: perfumes, powders and paint in the RenaissanceĪ public lecture by Professor Evelyn Welch, Provost (Arts & Sciences), King’s College London
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