. Lucretia Borgia. n his work on theperfect beauty of woman, says she must have blond hairand blue eyes, with the pupil not quite black, although theGreeks and Italians preferred it so. The most beautifulcolor for the eyes, according to this writer, is Thepoets of Ferrara, who immediately began to sing the daz-zling power of the eyes of their beautiful duchess, did notmention their color. This remarkable woman charmed all beholders with herindescribable grace, to which there was added somethingof mystery, and not by any classic beauty or , gentleness, and amiability are
. Lucretia Borgia. n his work on theperfect beauty of woman, says she must have blond hairand blue eyes, with the pupil not quite black, although theGreeks and Italians preferred it so. The most beautifulcolor for the eyes, according to this writer, is Thepoets of Ferrara, who immediately began to sing the daz-zling power of the eyes of their beautiful duchess, did notmention their color. This remarkable woman charmed all beholders with herindescribable grace, to which there was added somethingof mystery, and not by any classic beauty or , gentleness, and amiability are the qualities which * Di mediocre statura, gracile in aspetto, di faccia alquanto lunga,il naso profilato e bello, li capelli aurei, gli occhi bianehi, la bocca al-quanto grande con li denti candidissimi; la gola schietta e biancaornatacon decente valore, ed in essere continuamente allegra e ridente. SeeLucrezia Borgia in Ferrara. Ferrara, 1867. f Agnolo Firenzuola, vol. i. Delia perfetto bellezza di una donna, 248. a painting by Titian. FORMAL EXTEY IXTO FEEKAEA all Lucretias contemporaries discovered in her.* Thisanimated and delicate face, with large blue eyes, and sur-rounded with golden hair, suggests the ethereal beauty ofShakespeares Imogene. * Fu essa Lucrezia di venusto e mansueto aspetto, prudente, digratissime maniere negli atti, e nel parlare di molta grazia e allegrezza,says Alfonsos secretary, Bonaventura Pistofilo, in his Yita di Alfonso IdEste. The epithets venusta, gentile, graziosa, amabile, are conferredupon her by all her contemporaries. 249 CHAPTER III FETES GIVEN IN LUCRETIAs HONOR The wedding festivities in Ferrara continued for sixdays during the carnival. At the period of the Renais-sance, court functions and festivities, so far as the intellec-tual part is concerned, were not unlike those of the presentday; but the magnificent costumes, the highly developedsense of material beauty, and the more elaborate etiquetteof the age which gave birt
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