DOI Heft:
Nr. 339 (August 1925)
DOI Artikel:Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold: The Clarence H. Mackay collection
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0336
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portrait of a lady BY pisanello
the costume which is enhanced with yellow and By plucking out the hair from her forehead and
golden ornaments. eyebrows, this young woman has created a high-
The dress itself is of no small charm, and domed brow for herself, and further emphasized
belongs to a period where costume and figure the up-sweeping lines by high-arched eyebrows
were attuned to an harmonious whole as has sel- applied with cosmetics. What a burden that
dom happened in the history of costume design, towering coiffure must have been, and how un-
ihree thirty-six
august 19 25
portrait of a lady BY pisanello
the costume which is enhanced with yellow and By plucking out the hair from her forehead and
golden ornaments. eyebrows, this young woman has created a high-
The dress itself is of no small charm, and domed brow for herself, and further emphasized
belongs to a period where costume and figure the up-sweeping lines by high-arched eyebrows
were attuned to an harmonious whole as has sel- applied with cosmetics. What a burden that
dom happened in the history of costume design, towering coiffure must have been, and how un-
ihree thirty-six
august 19 25