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There is evidence from the 1450s onward of the blackening of faces with charcoal as a means to evade identification, and in association with pagan themes. In the Kent and Essex enclosure riots of 1450–51 men cross-dressed as 'Queen of the Fairies' [8] (similar to the related Doamna Zînelor, of the Călușari) including those wearing blackface.
When the differences between the first face and the second face were slightly exaggerated the new "exaggerated" (or "caricaturized") face was judged, on average, to be more attractive still. Although the three faces look very similar, the so-called "exaggerated face" looks younger: a slimmer (less wide) face, and larger eyes, than the average face.
Blackening one's face with soot, lampblack, boot polish or coal dust was a traditional form of disguise, or masking, especially at night when poaching. The Welsh Rebecca Rioters (1839–1843) used to blacken their faces or wear masks to prevent themselves being identified whilst breaking down turnpike gates, sometimes disguised as women.
Carlos Alcaraz may have defeated Novak Djokovic at the Wimbledon men’s final on July 16, but Princess Charlotte’s adorable reactions to the match won the day.
The Chola glacier descends off the east face. A lake is located to the east, which gave the mountain its name – in Tibetan, cho means 'lake', la means 'pass', and tse means 'peak'. Cholatse was first climbed via the southwest ridge in 1982. The north and east faces of the mountain can be seen from Dughla, on the trail to the Everest base camp ...
Jim Carrey says leaving Hollywood was a way for him to get out of people's faces. "I mean, some people just want to be in people's faces all the time, and I don't, so I like to give them a rest."
Image credits: Photoglob Zürich "The product name Kodachrome resurfaced in the 1930s with a three-color chromogenic process, a variant that we still use today," Osterman continues.
You Have Seen Their Faces first edition dustjacket at the NYPL Digital Gallery; Google Books; Encyclopædia Britannica; Art Icono – photos by Margaret Bourke-White; University of Virginia – photos by Margaret Bourke-White; Monroe Gallery – photo by Margaret Bourke-White; New Yorker – "It Happened One Decade" (September 21, 2009)