Controllare i gesti per proteggere i pensieri. La Raffaella di Alessandro Piccolomini

In the dialogue La Raffaella (1539), Alessandro Piccolomini depicts the reversal of the ideal education of the Senese matron : older Raffaella trains Margarita, a young bride, on how to keep a lover while successfully managing her family and social life. While teaching the girl to take care of her personal appearance, Raffaella examines a series of more or less appropriate movements and expressions, offering the reader a window into the culture of gestures of the time.