the Court of Hearts

The Renassiance era is composed of western musical history from the year 1400 to about the beginning of the 1600's. This period of time is marked "the rebirth of humanism" and "the revival of cultural achievements", for their own sake in all forms of art, including music.

Cosmetics were very popular among the wealthy in this period of time. Especially in the era where small pox would leave horrible scars on a womans face. Elizabeth I herself wore ceruse which is a smooth white powdermade from lead. The woman in this time frame use vermillon as rouge and on their cheeks and lips. They also used living things such as marigolds and elderberries for hair coloring. In the court of Elizabeth I, it became very popular to color ones hair auburn, after the queens hair color.

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