Mary Beard

How the smile came to Paris (briefly)

A review of The Smile Revolution in 18th-century Paris by Colin Jones shows how advances in French dentistry spawned a whole new genre in portrait painting

issue 13 December 2014

  • The Smile Revolution in 18th-century Paris

    Colin Jones

    OUP, pp. 256

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