A Beautiful Form

Every picture here is of what someone, somewhere has deemed to be 'A beautiful form'. That means that if you see anyone on here who looks like you, that a form (face/body/little toe) like yours has at some point and in some place been considered beautiful. I'm not so much trying to challenge the definition of beauty, as the definition of ugliness.

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“Wrong Century” by Tomas Kucerovsky

I know I have rebloged this before, but I just love it so much!

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the look of wistfulness on her face just punches me straight in the heart

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This is basically the whole purpose of this blog in a nutshell. And not even jsut for larger ladies, but for everyone who's ever wondered if they'd be considered beautiful in another time/place.

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John Simmons - Titania, 1866

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Beauty from the victorian era to the 1930's

Really interesting video, and the lady talking is marvellous! It's odd to think that in the space of about 40 years the beauty ideal went from pale as could be, without a scrap of makeup...to bright red lipstick being all the rage!

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Beauty: Elizabeth Alexeievna

Beholder: Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun

'Judging from her portraits and the written descriptions of her by contemporaries, Elizabeth was an exceptionally beautiful woman. Beauty and charm are all the hallmarks of almost all Russian empresses, but popular opinion puts that she is the most beautiful of the last five empresses-consort of Russia. No wonder why many poets, writers and musicians throughout Elizabeth's lifetime dedicated their works to her...'

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Beauty: Elizabeth Alexeievna

Beholder: Vladimir Borovikovsky

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Beauty: Portrait of Elizabeth Alexeievna 1793

Beholder: Unknown

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Beauty: Elizabeth Alexeievna

Beholder: Unknown

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Elizabeth Alexeievna was distinguished by a soft, melodious voice, and a beautiful oval face, with delicate features, a Greek profile, large almond-shaped blue eyes and curly ash blond hair, which she usually left floating on her shoulders. With an elegant figure, regal carriage and a beautiful angelic face, she was regarded by contemporaries as one of the most beautiful women in Europe and probably the most beautiful consort at that time.

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Bijinga (美人畫), (lit., "beautiful person picture") is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre, which predate photography.

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A beauty adjusting her lamp Signed Kochoro Kunisada

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Beauty: 'True Beauties'

Beholder: Toyohara Chikanobu

'True Beauties, illustrated by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), contains delicately hued portraits of a host of “modern” Japanese women who thrived in the new and changing world three decades into the Meiji era (1868-1912).'

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Beauty: ' A beauty in historical costume'

Beholder: Moritz Sifter

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Beauty: Margaret of Valois

Beholder:Unknown

'Aside from being twice a queen—first of Navarre (1572), then of France (1589), Margaret was famous for her beauty and sense of style (she was one of the most fashionable women of her time, influencing most of Europe's Royal Courts with her clothing).'-wiki

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Beauty: Mary Queen of Scots

Beholder: Francois Clout

This is mary ages about 12 whilst living in the French court.

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Beauty: Mary Queen of Scots and her husband, Francois King of France

Beholder: Unknown

Mary was the cousin of Elizabeth I of England and the two were rivals for much of their lives. As such their physical merrits (among other things) where frequently compared, with the victor depending on who you ask ;) However most sources agree that either one or the other was an influential beauty of their time.

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Beauty: Mary Queen of Scots

Beholder: Unknown

'Portraits of Mary show that she had a small, oval-shaped head, a long, graceful neck, bright auburn hair, hazel-brown eyes, under heavy lowered eyelids and finely arched brows, smooth pale skin, a high forehead, and regular, firm features. She was considered a pretty child and later, as a woman, strikingly attractive.'-wiki