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Native American lore features many legendary creatures and supernatural entities that were understood as beneficial to humanity but just as many that posed serious threats to be avoided. These beings, although frightening, often served an...

Aphrodite was the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, desire, and all aspects of sexuality. She could entice both gods and men into illicit affairs with her beauty and whispered sweet nothings. Aphrodite was born near Cyprus from the severed...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and...

In honour of World Poetry Day which is celebrated on March 21st, we are introducing three prominent Female Poets from the Ancient World! Enheduanna is the first author that we know of by name, and she was writing in Mesopotamia between 2285-2250...

This video describes the various makeup routines present throughout Chinese history.

An 1886 oil on canvas, Girl Arranging Her Hair, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. White often interested the impressionists as to capture the play of light upon an absence of colour was a real challenge. Here...

A c. 1890-1 aquatint, Woman Arranging Her Hair, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (National Library of France, Paris)

Detail from the Apparition of the Buffalo Calf Maiden, painting by Frithjof Schuon, 1959. Image reproduction from the book Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty: Paintings by Frithjof Schuon (World Wisdom 2003).

Painting depicting Mulan in the album known as Gathering Gems of Beauty, by artist He Dazi. Qing dynasty Album leaf, ink and colors on silk National Palace Museum, Taipei

A Roman portrait of Salonia Matidia (d. 119 CE), niece of Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). (Vatican Museums, Rome)