Ovid on Cosmetics

The Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy which showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of a moralistic, instructive form and trivial subject and meter. Exploring female beauty and cosmetics, with particular emphasis on the concept of ‘cultus', the poem also presents five...

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description The Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy which showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of a moralistic, instructive form and trivial subject and meter. Exploring female beauty and cosmetics, with particular emphasis on the concept of ‘cultus', the poem also presents five practical recipes for cosmetic treatments used by Roman women. Covering both didactic parody and pharmacological reality, this deceptively complex poem possesses wit, vivacity and importance. The first full study devoted to this little-researched but multi-faceted poem, Ovid on Cosmetics includes an in-depth introduction which situates the poem within its literary heritage of didactic and elegiac poetry, its place in Ovid's oeuvre and its relevance to social values, personal aesthetics and attitudes to female beauty in Roman society.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-310872025-07-30T19:06:54Z Ovid on Cosmetics Johnson, Marguerite Classics Ancient Rome Ancient History Ovid Cosmetics Female Beauty thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval The Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy which showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of a moralistic, instructive form and trivial subject and meter. Exploring female beauty and cosmetics, with particular emphasis on the concept of ‘cultus', the poem also presents five practical recipes for cosmetic treatments used by Roman women. Covering both didactic parody and pharmacological reality, this deceptively complex poem possesses wit, vivacity and importance. The first full study devoted to this little-researched but multi-faceted poem, Ovid on Cosmetics includes an in-depth introduction which situates the poem within its literary heritage of didactic and elegiac poetry, its place in Ovid's oeuvre and its relevance to social values, personal aesthetics and attitudes to female beauty in Roman society. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-03-08 23:55 2020-03-14 03:00:35 2020-04-01T10:49:09Z 2016 book 1004312 OCN: 1100500876 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25777 9781472514424, 9781472506573 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31087 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25777/10/9781472506740.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25777/10/9781472506740.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25777/10/9781472506740.pdf Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781474218696 10.5040/9781474218696 f75587da-2374-4722-9d42-9fffa7fa3f92 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781472514424, 9781472506573 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books London 102546 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books open access
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Female Beauty
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Ovid on Cosmetics
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Ancient Rome
Ancient History
Ovid
Cosmetics
Female Beauty
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