A beauty recipe from Caterina Sforza: To make Talcho water – Eugenio Larosa The art of personal beautification captivated Caterina Sforza as much as the political intrigues in which she was deeply involved as the ruler of her territories. The…
Ideal of Blondness in Fifteenth-Century Italy
” Erano i capei d’oro a l’aura sparsi…” The Ideal of Blondness in Fifteenth-Century Italy The image of golden hair, romanticised in the literature and art of 15th-century Italy, holds a particular fascination for historians of Renaissance culture. This was…
Pollaiolo Young Woman at Poldi Pezzoli Museum
Pollaiolo Young Woman at Poldi Pezzoli Museum – Articolo di Eugenio Larosa This portrait of a young Florentine woman, seemingly absorbed in her thoughts, was painted in the latter half of the 15th century and is now housed in the…