The Search For The Beautiful Woman

Download or read book The Search for the Beautiful Woman written by Cho Kyo and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Southern Song period in China, bound feet symbolized the attractiveness of women. But in Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were markers of loveliness. For centuries, Japanese culture was profoundly shaped by China, but in complex ways that are only now becoming apparent. In this first full comparative history of the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of feminine beauty in China and Japan over the past two millennia. Drawing on a rich array of literary and artistic sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in representations of beauty. Through fiction, poetry, art, advertisements, and photographs, the author vividly demonstrates how criteria of beauty differ greatly by era and culture and how aesthetic sense changed in the course of extended cultural transformations that were influenced by both China and the West.

Download or read book The Search for the Beautiful Woman written by Kyō Chō and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Japanese culture, including ideals of feminine beauty, was profoundly shaped by China. In this first full comparative history on the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of beauty in China and Japan, ranging from plumpness to bound feet to blackened teeth. Drawing on a rich array of sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in the repres.

Download or read book The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence written by Alyssa Palombo and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.

Download or read book Beautiful in God's Eyes written by Elizabeth George and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beauty is more than skin deep— it starts in the heart and works outward Exploring the timeless wisdom of Proverbs 31, Bible teacher Elizabeth George reveals how you can become a woman of true beauty—a woman who desires to honor God in all that she says and does. Beautiful in God's Eyes helps you make each day immensely meaningful as you delight in God and discover how to... experience instant progress toward personal goals manage daily life more effectively tap into unlimited energy apply biblical principles to enhance relationships move from the ordinary to the extraordinary You can experience a richer, more exciting spiritual walk as you embrace God's design for true beauty in your life.

Download or read book My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World written by Rebecca Hourwich Reyher and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A six-year-old peasant girl is lost and searches for her mother. The story proves an old Russian proverb: We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them.

Download or read book The Gentle Ways of a Beautiful Woman written by Anne Ortlund and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the woman who wants to be truly beautiful, inside and out, Anne Ortlund's trio of bestselling handbooks offers all the practical "how-to's" and thoughtful encouragement she needs. Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman, Ortlund's first bestseller, challenges women to reshape their lives, their households, and their schedules according to God's liberating priorities. Disciplines of the Heart focuses on the "heart life" and shows readers how to move from preoccupation with "things" to a satisfying intimacy with God. The finale, Disciplines of the Home, offers inspiration and practical guidance on creating and enjoying a family home that restores, nourishes, and blesses all who enter. Women who long for inner peace will cherish this warm, personal guide to godly, beautiful living.

Download or read book A Becoming Woman: The Search for True Beauty written by Margie Arends and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a unique beauty inside of every woman. In this book, Margie Arends will help you to discover your own unique beauty. She will take you on an exciting journey through the Scriptures so you can learn how to get off the merry-go-round of focusing on your image, what causes a woman to be most attractive to others, how to identify the traps that keep you stuck in the past, and how to enjoy the freedom that comes from the One who calls you beautiful.