Tag: beauty

Popular culture is full of ‘beautiful people’, and it seems that people who are considered good-looking are privileged by society in terms of money and status. A recent book, Beauty Pays, uses this as its central argument, however, it is… Continue reading

Some items in our collections are intriguing because they sit on disciplinary boundaries or ‘blend’ traditionally polarised subjects such as art and science. This photograph represents a combination of the embryonic field of neurology, Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and the practice… Continue reading

Why do some faces set my pulse racing and not others? If this has ever crossed your mind, you are not alone. In the past, many have tried to use science to decode the elusive quality of beauty and many… Continue reading

This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 9th September – explores the roots of the ‘beauty industry’, its consequences for the individual and its relationship with health, comparing early modern skincare preparations with today’s practices. Speaker: Stefania… Continue reading

Our popular Insight sessions offer visitors to the Wellcome Library an opportunity to explore the variety of our holdings. These free sessions are thematic in style, last around an hour and offer a chance to learn about our collections. The… Continue reading

This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 17th June – explores the roots of the ‘beauty industry’, its consequences for the individual and its relationship with health, comparing early modern skincare preparations with today’s practices. Speaker: Stefania… Continue reading

Our popular Insight sessions offer visitors to the Wellcome Library an opportunity to explore the variety of our holdings. These free sessions are thematic in style, last around an hour and offer a chance to learn about our collections. The… Continue reading