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Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 (Paperback) Loot Price: R236
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Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 (Paperback): Sarah-Jane Downing

Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 (Paperback)

Sarah-Jane Downing

Series: Shire Library

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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.

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Imprint: Shire Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Shire Library
Release date: February 2012
First published: February 2012
Authors: Sarah-Jane Downing
Dimensions: 210 x 149 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 978-0-7478-0839-8
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Personal appearance & beauty care > Cosmetics, make-up & skin care
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 0-7478-0839-2
Barcode: 9780747808398

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