Miniature courtesans, tramps, mistresses, madams and their houses of Ill Repute for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas
The oldest profession, courtesans are always fascinating and notorious. Miniaturists recreate Western scenes with "those rooms" above saloons, as well as modern versions.
also see underwear, corsets, bedroom, playboy
Links to miniature projects
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- photo albums, blog posts, webpages
The Madam
Blogs
- Blogs concentrating on courtesans or categories/labels about it in blogs
Groups
- Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to courtesans.
Supplies for sale
- Supplies needed for making courtesan projects.
Miniatures for sale
- Do you have a section for courtesan in your shop? Add a direct link here.
Books
- Books about courtesan miniature projects (also books with chapters about it)
Instructions for miniatures
Miniature printables
Wallpapers
- Wallpapers that go well with courtesan projects - red flocked paper, anyone?
Other Printies
- Book/magazine covers related to courtesans.
Links
- links to sites showing how to make items related to courtesans.
Videos
- YouTube videos about miniature courtesan projects
Research/ Inspiration
- In John Cleland's Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Fanny goes from poor orphaned country girl to wealthy skilled courtesan eventually finding her one true love and retiring to marriage. Her history is told in the first person through several letters to friends detailing her life as a courtesan.
- The Broadway plays, musicals, and movies based upon the book Gigi are about a young Parisian girl who is being trained to be a courtesan by her great-aunt, a retired career courtesan herself.
- Satine played by Nicole Kidman, an actress/courtesan who falls in love with a penniless poet/writer played by Ewan McGregor, in the movie Moulin Rouge!.
- The Lady of the Camellias was a novel about a courtesan by French author Alexandre Dumas, and converted to the opera La Traviata by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. In the novel, the courtesan's name is Marguerite Gautier; in the opera, it is "Violetta Valéry". "La Traviata" in Italian translates "The Wayward One".
- Klute
- Farewell my Concubine
- Cheri
- Klondike Kate
- Butterfield 8
Tips/Hints
Ideas about what is needed for courtesan projects
- links to inspiring pages
- ideas for shop names
- YouTube videos about the subject
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Comments (4)
Hotazuru said
at 4:30 pm on Feb 8, 2011
Geisha's aren't courtesans/prostitutes! Please delete all things calling them in this meaning.
Linda McD said
at 12:36 am on Feb 9, 2011
Hotazuru,
Thank you for setting us straight! One of the wonderful things about the mini world is that we can learn so much more about each other. Admittedly some of this knowledge is not exactly accurate, because the item is the artist's interpretation.
We still include these items in the wiki for their artistic value, while recognizing they are not authentic. Take a look at the Canadian page - Aleeta Kent's wonderful Indian Chief is authentic, while the First Nations lady with the travois is the artist's interpretation. North Americans would probably know that, whereas someone on the other side of the world would not.
A new page has been created for geisha. Would you be kind enough to add a short introduction and any appropriate links you feel would be helpful to miniaturists planning to create a geisha project.
Have you designed a geisha project yourself? Can you share it with us?
Hotazuru said
at 8:14 am on Feb 9, 2011
Yes yes, but these are so big differences, that they cannot be so accepted.
I will be more than happy to write a little bit about geishas there. And some sites will be added ^^
johanna janhonen said
at 1:26 pm on Feb 10, 2011
good that this was solved like this :)
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