@thequeenofsiam I can make you one
These velvet masks called 'visards' served to protect the woman's skin from the sun in the 16th and 17th centuries.pic.twitter.com/momfCFbAf5
-
-
-
how does it stay on.
- End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Sooo the artist decided to immortalized these women with them on. Ok.
-
Because it was perfectly normal at the time, only seems weird and creepy now.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Wow. "In Venice, the visard developed into a design without a mouth hole, the moretta, and was gripped with a button between the teeth rather than a bead. The mask's prevention of speech was deliberate, intended to heighten the mystery of a masked woman even further"
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Make our faces visards to our hearts Disguising what they are. — Macbeth
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
"Wealthy women" it should say. Working class women didn't have the time/luxury of engaging in this kind of thing. Lots of what pop culture thinks about the early modern period is based on what the wealthy did (arranged marriages, for ex.).
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Nice try, I know a demon when I see one.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
-
-
Next time I try to draw a lady and mess up the face, she's gonna so wear a 'visard'.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Especially useful on top of the lead based face powder and makeup of the day.
- End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Oh, so like a niqab, huh?
#CreepingshariaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Nightmare fuel!!!
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
They also fought crime in the old American West and had a fondness for silver bullets.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Did they also allow them to augment their Shinigami abilities with Hollow powers?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.