Face Paint

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ISBN9781419717963
AuthorsLisa Eldridge
PublisherAbrams
FormatHardcover
Number of pages240
Weight (kg)1.116
Publishing Date13/10/2015
Price (excl. tax)€29.15
Tax€1.75
Price (incl. tax)€30.90
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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.