Bog body

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Or so they say. But is it really? We are all influenced by the zeitgeist, whether we like it or not, and the 'beauty standards' of our times definitely impact on what we perceive to be attractive.

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In the January/February 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Andrew Ameral explains the proportions one can use to check their drawing when working from the figure. Here is Ameral’s complete listing, which had to be abridged for the magazine.

How can we be certain that Ireland’s bog bodies were the result of human sacrifice?

These days, it feels like you are either praised for being plus size or praised for being skinny/fit, but you aren’t praised for being in the middle.

“The 2000-year-old clothes of the Huldremose Woman, a bog body recovered in 1879 from a peat bog near Ramten in Denmark. It consists of a checked woollen skirt, a checked woollen scarf and two skin capes. Now on display at the National Museum of Denmark”

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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Elling Woman is the name given to a well-preserved bog body that was discovered in Denmark during the first half of the 20th century. By then, this type of remains had already been found in Denmark’s bogs for at least a century. For instance, one bog body, unearthed in 1835, was thought to have belonged to a legendary Viking queen from the 8th century AD by the name of Gundhilde.

This REALLY vintage!! ~ Iron Age clothes. The Woman's remains had been preserved in a bog in Denmark. ~ that plaid cloth is amazing for Iron Age, isn't it?