Civilization of smells. XVI - beginning of the XIX century. 4th edition. MUSHUMBLE R.

OLFACTIONS, or anthropology of smells, is an important area in modern humanitarian science, which is evidence of this book dedicated to the history of smell in Western Europe of the Art Nationwide.

What bizarre, dangerous and stench drugs used several centuries ago to bring beauty? How did the artists manage to convey fragrance and stink in painting? What immodest poetry did the poets dedicated the intimate parts of the body? How did the sensual perfumes of animal origin have changed herbal, and how did the doctors try to defeat the plague with the help of strong aromas?

The book of the leading French historian of culture Robert Muzhemble, the author of research "Orgasm" and "Essays on the history of the devil", convincingly shows that the classification of smells largely depends on the cultural attitudes of various eras and the Olfal perception is subject to the same transformation, Like aesthetic criteria in art.