Deceptichum@quokk.au to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIsabella de’ Medici [1574 & ~1700s] (Before and After Removal of Victorian Era beautification)quokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkIsabella de’ Medici [1574 & ~1700s] (Before and After Removal of Victorian Era beautification)quokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.au to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
TIL: The Victorians used to put beauty filters on old paintings to make them fit the standards of the day.
minus-squareWFloyd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoLooks like they made her hand thinner, so maybe they found it more appealing to remove it altogether rather than try to make it work together?
![Isabella de’ Medici [1574 & ~1700s] (Before and After Removal of Victorian Era beautification)](https://quokk.au/pictrs/image/9dd7f586-9557-4914-8d5a-4092ef55e338.jpeg){kind=link}
Looks like they made her hand thinner, so maybe they found it more appealing to remove it altogether rather than try to make it work together?