How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity

An alternative history of the Renaissance-as seen through the emerging literature of beauty tips-focusing on the actresses, authors, and courtesans who rebelled against the misogyny of their era.

Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history of this fascinating period as told by the women behind the paintings, providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives.

Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced back to the sixteent...