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Fashions in makeup, from ancient to modern times.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corson, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmetics--History.
- Cosmetics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 640 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chester Springs, PA : Peter Owen ; Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions, 2003.
- Summary:
- In this highly praised volume, Richard Corson chronicles the pursuit of beauty from Ancient Egypt to the present day, concentrating mainly on makeup traditions of the Western world, with examples from other countries included for comparison. Corson describes the cosmetics with which men and women have decorated their faces, how they have applied them, and what they looked like as a result. This third edition includes updated material by James Sherwood, fashion columnist for the Independent and author of Models Close Up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-625) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0720611954
- OCLC:
- 54845148
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