| The Aztec courtesans used a pale yellow ochre powder on their faces to make them look beautiful. |
| Venetian patrician society not only tolerated but flaunted courtesans, who star in some of the best Venetian paintings. |
| The courtesans of the temple crowded by hundreds along the paths of black olive trees. |
| There are carefree drawings from the early 1950s in which women spin like tops, or lounge like courtesans. |
| They could see the courtesans in their boats, but unless they wanted to risk their lives, they had to stay away from these floating bordellos. |
| There were witless, self-important demi-mondaines and courtesans lauded in the popular press. |
