The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture.
Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians.
Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled social mobility and offered fame and notoriety, and has led women - and some men - to remarkable lengths in cultivating it, from the dangerous quantities of lead applied by Elizabeth I, to the women of the 1940s and '50s, who employed face powder, lipstick and mascara to look their best during the privations of war and austerity, creating a chic appearance to which many still aspire.
| ISBN: | 9780747808398 |
| Publication date: | 10th February 2012 |
| Author: | Sarah Jane Downing |
| Publisher: | Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: dress and society Fashion and beauty industries Social and cultural history Cosmetics, hair and beauty Nostalgia: general |
The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture.
Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians.
Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled social mobility and offered fame and notoriety, and has led women - and some men - to remarkable lengths in cultivating it, from the dangerous quantities of lead applied by Elizabeth I, to the women of the 1940s and '50s, who employed face powder, lipstick and mascara to look their best during the privations of war and austerity, creating a chic appearance to which many still aspire.
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550-1950 features in the following genres: Cultural studies: dress and society, Fashion and beauty industries, Social and cultural history, Cosmetics, hair and beauty, Nostalgia: general
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550-1950 is available in Paperback
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550-1950 was written by Sarah Jane Downing and published by Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550-1950 has 64 pages
Yes it is part of Shire Library series
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