Facing Decay

"Examines how early modern women sought to preserve youth and combat signs of aging through therapeutic cosmetics. Explores beauty practices as sites of medical knowledge, scientific innovation, and cultural agency, offering insight into historical attitudes toward aging, especially for women"-- Provided by publisher.

Erin Griffey is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Auckland. She is the author of On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials of Magnificence at the Stuart Court