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New York Times Bestseller Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood, and also surveys the cutting-edge makeup science of today and tomorrow. Face Paint explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup's use, the actual materials employed over generations, and the glamorous icons that people emulate, it is also a social history of women and the ways in which we can understand their lives through the prism and impact of makeup.
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Face paint : the story of makeup, Lisa Eldridge
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- Released
- 2015
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lisa Eldridge
- Publisher
- Abrams Image
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1419717960
- ISBN13
- 9781419717963
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Self-Help, Art, References & Manuals, Women, Personal Growth, Feminism, Fashion Themes, Fashion
- First published
- 2015
- Original title
- Face Paint: The Story of Makeup
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- New York Times Bestseller Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood, and also surveys the cutting-edge makeup science of today and tomorrow. Face Paint explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup's use, the actual materials employed over generations, and the glamorous icons that people emulate, it is also a social history of women and the ways in which we can understand their lives through the prism and impact of makeup.