Saving Face

The Renaissance face provided clues about the wealth and health of its owner. Those who had been disfigured were often mistreated, but to alter one’s appearance carried a stigma of its own.

Alanna Skuse | Published in History Today Volume 72 Issue 1 January 2022

A face with a stitched cheek, from La méthode curative des playes, et fractures de la teste humaine, by Ambroise Paré, 1561. — A face with a stitched cheek, from ‘La méthode curative des playes, et fractures de la teste humaine’, by Ambroise Paré, 1561. Wellcome Images.

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