It - A History of Human Beauty (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

If Cleopatra's nose had been half an inch longer, neither Caesar nor Mark Anthony would have fallen in love with her. It: The History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in the past women have had to use the lure of sex to achieve power or wealth, epitomized by royal mistresses or the Grandes Horizontales of the nineteenth century, modern film stars (male and female) can acquire great wealth simply by the use of their images, while attractiveness on television is an essential modern qualification for power, as shown by Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair.

General

Imprint:	Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	March 2005
Authors:	Arthur Marwick
Dimensions:	243 x 164 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85285-448-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN:	1-85285-448-0
Barcode:	9781852854485

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