Renaissance manifested in the return of femininity. After the ban on makeup almighty church in the Middle Ages, the fairer sex are beginning to re-paint the eyes, eyebrows and eyelashes minium. Lips and nails are bright pink. Some girls even tinted nipples.
In fashion is a new ideal of beauty - blonde with a curvy and rounded shapes, healthy pink complexion and radiant face. Mandatory nuance to the beauties of that time were the golden hair: thin, light, thick, long, crisp on the shoulders. Must necessarily be their tidy, neat appearance. To lighten hair woman impregnated with a mixture of saffron and lemon, and stayed for some time in the hot sun.
Standards of beauty were also considered: length equal to the length of the nose lips, white teeth, skin and brush, black eyebrows, eyelashes and eyes. Hair and fingers differed in length, arms, calves and thighs - completeness, nipples, nose and head - small size. Specific requirements for the exterior was a high forehead, not framed by hair. Plucking eyebrows necessarily.
The first condition for beautiful breasts are their small size and sufficient width. The price was well decorated chest mature ladies, it is desirable to know the joy of motherhood, but not sagging. The most beautiful legs - long, slender, slim down with strong calves. The foot should be small, narrow, but not skinny. Welcomed the broad shoulders.
Women of the Renaissance felt obliged to hide the shortcomings of skin white lead or blush of surimy. Hair removal used arsenic and slaked lime. These care products cause great harm, but then women was unknown.
Face masks made of oatmeal, lemon juice and egg white. Hair dye used natural ingredients, mainly the fresh peel walnut. In the Renaissance, began again to brush your teeth. Of course, the means employed were not different quality and spoil the enamel, but oral hygiene was markedly better than in the Middle Ages.
Cosmetics is integral with the female body. Application of make-up was elevated to the rank of art, which had mastered almost every woman. For them write whole books about cosmetics and beauty recipes.
Figure of a woman, her manner to stand, walk, sit, and all other traffic had nothing to do with a man. Special respect enjoyed pregnant women. This was reflected in fashion - clothes began to sew for assembly above the waist.
Renaissance costumes can be divided into 4 types, corresponding to the elements of the four countries: Italy, France, England, Spain. Clothing Italian women is a shimari. Maintain a high waist. Huge Floor sleeves merged with the back, which turned into the mantle. Movable plastic Simara gave the woman a majestic appearance.
Silhouette of a Spanish woman's dress represented himself two triangles whose vertices are crossed at the waist. From her up (on the bodice) and down (on the skirt) diverges radially folds. This is clearly expanded the shoulders, and the figure seemed slim, high.
An essential attribute for Spanish women are the number of specific headgear, unique to this country: transado, kofya de papos, vespayo. The presence of a skeleton, a high collar and a predominance of shoes with thick wooden soles as was typical of the Spanish Renaissance woman.
French costume consisted of a long-sleeved shirts, stocking fabric, vertyugalya bodice on the frame, a cat and a robe. Vertyugal had the shape of a truncated cone in which the sewn fabric, metal hoops. Kott was on top of the bodice and vertyugalya. Originally considered swing dress with front skirt. In the mid-16th century French women stopped wearing cleavage. Square cutout in robes covered with a thin shirt collar.
English suit women of the Renaissance consisted of 3 or 4 things at the same time worn. Hose is characterized by large, from the elbow, funnel collar. Leaf Cotto and dresses kept on the hard leather corset. It was worn over the shirt. The dress becomes a low-cut, a belt which is a combination of metal and embossed plates. From him descended the front end in the form of a large pendant jewelry work, imitating the rosary.
By the famous beauties of the Renaissance include Simonema Vespucci - the first beauty of Florence, Lucrezia Borgia - the daughter of Pope Alexander fourth and Diane de Poitiers - mistress of the French King Henry II. The beauty of these women considered a divine gift.