Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art by Ribeiro, Aileen - 2011-11-29

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Yale University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. Examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. Images of some of the most beautiful women in history, both real and ideal, accompanied by illustrations from costume books, fashion plates, advertisements, caricatures, etc. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Record # 351015

New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. Examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. Images of some of the most beautiful women in history, both real and ideal, accompanied by illustrations from costume books, fashion plates, advertisements, caricatures, etc. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Record # 351014

Yale University Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. 11x9x1. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap.

Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in art and life. This text examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. It discusses the shifting perceptions of female beauty, focussing on the period from around 1540 to 1940. 371 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm. First edition, first printing. Red boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Yale University Press, 2011-11-04. Hardcover. New. 3.1980 cent in x 28.7817 cent in x 23.5787 cent in.

Yale University Press. New. 2011. Hardcover. 0300124864 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 384 pp. ; 235 illus. (185 in color. ) -- with a bonus offer-- .