Parmigianino
Italian painter, living in the 16th century
muslin
a type of cotton fabric
barber
a professional who cuts hair (most commonly men's) and shaves/trims beards
Vasari
Italian painter and art historian, living in the 16th century
coarse
brute, rough, gruff
gauge
a scale, an instrument to measure
pathos
a deep (usually sad) emotion
wraith
ghost, spirit
extraneous
insignificant, trivial, petty, but can also mean foreign, unrelated
sumptuary laws
laws which regulate and restrict the sales and purchases of luxury goods
Sydney Freedberg
American art historian, living in the 20th century
accost
to approach, to address
