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Concept

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)

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  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
  • A beautiful young woman being examined by a bald fat doctor. Chromolithograph.
  • An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • A scared beautiful young woman standing between two physicians holding clysters illustrating a treatment for constipation. Chromolithograph after G. Droz.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1906, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
  • Fatima, the wife of the Kahya at Adrianopolis, rises to greet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu while her two daughters remain seated. Stipple engraving after T. Stothard.
  • A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Ugly : giving us back our beauty standards / Anita Bhagwandas.

    Bhagwandas, Anita | Date: [2023]
    • Books

    Look at my ugly face : myths and musings on beauty and other perilous obsessions with women's appearance / Sara Halprin.

    Halprin, Sara. | Date: 1995
    • Books
    • Online

    Die Schönheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet.

    Stratz, C. H. (Carl Heinrich), 1858-1924. | Date: 1908
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    • Online

    A beautiful young albino woman. Stipple engraving, 1816.

    | Date: 1 November 1816 | Reference: 2924i
    • Books

    Looking good : college women and body image, 1875-1930 / Margaret A. Lowe.

    Lowe, Margaret A., 1961- | Date: [2003], ©2003
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