When Tuberculosis Was the Peak of Fashion: Consumption Elegance

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humanity and still remains a significant public health problem. Today, tuberculosis is one of the ten most common causes of death in the world. Tuberculosis has caused millions of deaths throughout history, literature, art, music, etc. It had a significant impact on people and even changed the fashion trends of a period. By the late 18th century, the physical effects of tuberculosis had become fashionable beauty standards for women. This mysterious and romantic disease, the cause of which is unknown, has also been a source of inspiration for artists. Visual artists, poets and writers have created works of art that reflect the deadly effects of this terrible disease. Tuberculosis has gained an important place in the art world by intertwining with ideas of beauty and creativity. Fashion and beauty standards have mimicked the effects of disease on the body. In this review, what are the factors in the perception of TB as fashion, the effects of the strangest fashion trend in history on art and literature, the TB fashion trend; It is aimed to reveal the effects of the dazzling discovery of science on society and social life when it suddenly lost its shine with “Robert Koch's discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882”.

Keywords

• Tuberculosis
• Consumption Elegance
• tuberculosis fashion
• romantic disease
• white plague
• Robert Koch

Project Number

1

Tüberkülozun Modanın Zirvesi Olduğu Zamanlar: Tüketim Şıklığı

Abstract

Tüberküloz (TB), insanlığı etkilediği bilinen en eski hastalıklardan biridir ve halen önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Bugün tüberküloz dünyada en sık görülen on ölüm nedeninden biridir. Tüberküloz tarih boyunca milyonlarca ölüme neden olmuş, edebiyat, sanat, müzik vb. üzerinde önemli etki yaratmış, hatta bir dönemin moda trendini değiştirmiştir. On sekizinci yüzyılın sonlarında tüberkülozun fiziksel etkileri, kadınlar için modaya uygun güzellik standartları haline gelmiştir. Nedeni bilinmeyen bu gizemli ve romantik hastalık, sanatçılara da ilham kaynağı olmuştur. Görsel sanatçılar, şairler ve yazarlar bu korkunç hastalığın ölümcül etkilerini yansıtan sanat eserleri ortaya çıkarmışlardır. Tüberküloz, güzellik ve yaratıcılık fikirleriyle iç içe geçerek sanat dünyasında önemli bir yer edinmiştir. Moda ve güzellik standartları, hastalığın vücut üzerinde oluşturduğu etkilerini taklit etmiştir. Bu derlemede, TB’nin moda olarak algılanmasındaki faktörlerin neler olduğu, tarihteki en tuhaf moda trendinin sanat ve edebiyat üzerindeki etkileri, TB moda trendinin; bilimin göz kamaştıran buluşu “Robert Koch'un 1882'de tüberküloz basilini keşfetmesi” ile bir anda ışıltısını kaybetmesiyle toplumsal ve sosyal hayat üzerindeki etkilerinin ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Tüberküloz
• Tüketim Şıklığı
• tüberküloz modası
• romantik hastalık
• beyaz veba
• Robet Koch

Project Number

1

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