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Sarah Jane Downing Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 (Paperback) Shire Library. Author: Sarah Jane Downing. Publisher: Shire Publications. Format: Paperback. Missing Information?. ISBN-10: 0747808392. Language: English. Item Weight: 150g. Further DetailsTitle: Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 Condition: New Description: 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. Author: Sarah Jane Downing EAN: 9780747808398 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: GB ISBN: 9780747808398 Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 149mm Item Weight: 150g Language: English ISBN-10: 0747808392 Genre: Fashion & Design Item Width: 8mm Publisher: Shire Publications Release Date: 02/10/2012 Series: Shire Library Topic: History Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.