Beauty and cosmetics 1550 to 1950
Auteur :
Downing, Sarah Jane
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9780747808398
Date de publication :
10 févr. 2012
Dimensions :
20,8 x 15,0 x 0,8 cm
Poids :
147 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The source of tremendous power and focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life. 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.