Make-up sprezzatura: “Artifice is acceptable” in this climate but admired when concealed, when it is done so well that you cannot see it.” 16th-Century Beauty Secrets, Revealed in How To Be a Renaissance Woman by @jillburke.bsky.socialbit.ly/48jCVzo#history 🏛️

16th-Century Beauty Secrets, Revealed

In “How to Be a Renaissance Woman,” the historian Jill Burke explores the aesthetic expectations of an era — and just how they were achieved. (Recipes included.)

I have a terrible tendency to dwell on the negative bits of reviews!! Yes ofc you are absolutely right and I’m delighted and amazed to be in the Washington Post. Should by rights be dancing round the kitchen :)

Thanks to Karl for this! If you’d like a review copy for the US launch, please contact Pegasus Books (or email me!)

KGkarlgalle.bsky.socialDec 15, 2023 4:36pm

Review of @jillburke.bsky.social's "How to Be a Renaissance Woman" in today's Washington Post: 😃 📚 [gift link] wapo.st/3RgKGP2 #earlymodern #histsci

Review | A delightful look back at how the Renaissance changed beauty standards

Jill Burke’s ‘How to Be a Renaissance Woman’ is full of surprising information about how the era widened self-expression.

Though my favourite review is the one by Sarah Dunant, which luckily was the first one to come out! Judging by the WaPo one looks like I’ll need to lay out the argument more clearly next time…. literaryreview.co.uk/shopping-plu...

Sarah Dunant - Shopping & Plucking

Sarah Dunant: Shopping & Plucking - How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity by Jill Burke; Painted Love: Renaissance Marriage Portraits by Holburne Museum, Ba...

Review of @jillburke.bsky.socialwapo.st/3RgKGP2#earlymodern#histsci

Review | A delightful look back at how the Renaissance changed beauty standards

Jill Burke’s ‘How to Be a Renaissance Woman’ is full of surprising information about how the era widened self-expression.

Poultry, c. 1630-49, by #MarieBriotartbma.org/exhibition/m...#artherstory#womenartists#HappyThanksgiving

The Historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie has died:

ECemilycorran.bsky.socialNov 23, 2023 11:04am

www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...

L’historien Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie est mort

Professeur au Collège de France, administrateur général de la Bibliothèque nationale, historien de l’époque moderne et du climat, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie s’est éteint le 22 novembre à l�...

Want to come to Amsterdam and hang out at the Rijksmuseum? This 9-month fellowship for early career researchers supports historical research on objects in their collections www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/education...

EVENT: 20 Nov, DRESS, TEXTILES, IDENTITY, hybrid! Join us on Monday at Jesus College (Bawden Room) or on Zoom (5-6:30 pm) for our joint session with MCEMW featuring Elli Stogiannou (Utrecht), Vendy Hoppe (Manchester), and Ellie Doran (Cambridge) Subscribe to the mailing list for the Zoom link

Starting in 10 mins!!

JBjillburke.bsky.socialOct 15, 2023 9:48am

Are you interested in recipes and historical reconstruction? In early modern/Renaissance cosmetics? We have a treat for you! @ExploreWellcome is hosting an online discussion with me, Romana Sammern, and Hayley O’Kell, chaired by Patricia Akhimie on 14 Nov. wellcomecollection.org/events/ZSPXJ...

Recipes for Early Modern Beauty

Join an online conversation about early modern health and beauty routines, and what they reveal about western European women’s lives.