Fashions in Makeup From Ancient to Modern Times,9780720611953

Fashions in Makeup From Ancient to Modern Times

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780720611953
ISBN10: 0720611954
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-10-01
Publisher(s): Peter Owen Publishers
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Summary

A fascinating, lavishly documented survey of fashions in makeup through the ages, extending from ancient Egypt To The present. "Chronicles in devastating detail the history of that absorbing folly - the pursuit of beauty... An encyclopedic study, a v

Author Biography

Richard Corson taught theatrical makeup in colleges and universities throughout the United States and worked as a theatrical makeup consultant. His book, Stage Makeup, has become the standard text on the subject, while his three valuable social histories, Fashions in Makeup, Fashions in Hair, and Fashions in Eyeglasses, are renowned as classics in their field.

Table of Contents

Beauty and Fashion xxiii
1 FASHIONS IN MAKEUP
1(6)
2 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
7(66)
Ancient Egypt
The Middle East
The Indus Valley
Ancient Greece
The Etruscans
Ancient Rome
Early Christian Period
3 THE MIDDLE AGES
73(20)
Paints and Washes
Rouge - Eye Makeup
Hair
Bathing
Mirrors
Asia and Africa
Primitive Tribes
4 THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
93(8)
Paints and Washes
Teeth and Hair
Bathing and Perfumes
5 ELIZABETHAN DAYS
101(20)
Paints and Washes
Patches
Hair
Teeth
Baths and Perfumes
Men
6 THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1603-1625
121(14)
The Ideal Beauty
Paints and Powders
A Treatise Against Painting
Patches and Patching
Perfumes
Asia and Africa
7 THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1625-1659
135(22)
The English Gentlewoman
Paradoxes and Problemes
The Compleat Woman
Queen of Hungary Water
The Painted Face
Spots and Patches
Makeup for Men
Around the World
Theatrical Makeup
Hair and Teeth
Baths and Perfumes
The Sin of Painting
8 THE RESTORATION 1660-1685
157(15)
Decency in Conversation Amongst Women
The Fashionable Look
Paints and Washes
Spots and Patches
England's Vanity
9 THE LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1685-1700
172(15)
The Ladies Dictionary
Paint, Powder, and Patches
Mundus Muliebris
Recipes for Beauty
10 THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1700-1737 187(27)
Paints and Painting
Recipes for Beauty
Applying the Paint
The Spectator
Lady Mary on Tour
The Poets Complain
Patching
Men and Cosmetics
11 THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1737-1770 214(31)
Painted Ladies
The Use of Rouge
Reports from Abroad
Citizen of the World
The Feminine Ideal
Cosmetic Aids
The Art of Preserving Beauty
Patches and Patching
Cosmetics for Men
The Colonial Lady
The Cost of Beauty
Hair
Bathing and Perfumes
12 THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1770-1800 245(46)
Paints and Painting
Plocacosmos
Pigeon's Water
The Toilet of Flora
Critics of Painting
The Voyages of Captain Cook
Theatrical Makeup
Mountains of Hair
Help Wanted
Problems in Cleanliness
13 THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY 1800-1837 291(24)
From Painted to Pale
The Art of Beauty
The Duties of a Lady's Maid
Help for Women
Makeup for Men
Hair
Travels Abroad
14 THE EARLY VICTORIANS 1837-1860 315(22)
Helpful Hints
Female Beauty
Mid-Century Cosmetics
Women's Hair
Toilet Table Talk
Lola Montez
Habits of Good Society
Public Baths
15 THE MID-VICTORIANS 1860-1880 337(24)
The Girl of the Period
Madame Rachel
Good Society Aids to Beauty
Rouge
Powders
Face Enamel
Eyebrow Colouring
Vein Colouring
Complexion Aids and Washes
Soaps and Dentifrices
Court Plaster
16 THE LATE VICTORIANS 1880-1900 361(32)
The Painted Face
My Lady's Dressing Room
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
The Art of Beauty
Eve's Glossary
Care of the Skin
Whitewashes and Powders
Rouge
Eyes and Eyebrows
Veins and Bosoms
Hair
Fin de Siècle
A Defence of Cosmetics
17 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1900-1910 393(27)
The Woman Beautiful
Hair in 1901
Requisites for Beauty Care
The Art of Being Beautiful
Available Cosmetics
Dabrooks' Bath-Fume
The Winter of 1903
Hints from Vogue
Tous les Secrets de la Femme
Mme Leclaire and Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Cosmetics 1907
End of a Decade
18 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1910-1920 420(33)
Beauty Parlours
Letters to the Editor
Beauty in 1911
New Products, 1912
Beauty and Health
The Gentleman of 1912
New Products, 1913
Beauty Secrets of the Famous
Perfumes and Cosmetics, 1915
A Trip to New York
Bathrooms and Boudoirs
Pretty Poisons
In Defence of Makeup
Advice from Vogue
Fashions of 1919
19 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1920-1930 453(40)
Makeup in 1921
Cosmetic Aids, 1923
The Little Red Box of Courage
Painted Lilies
Whither Are We Drifting?
The Mid-Twenties
The American Woman, 1925
New Products, 1925
Making Up, 1926
Fashions of 1927
Beauty Promotion, 1928
The Cost of Makeup, 1928
Pockets of Resistance
Men Versus Paint
3000 Miles of Lipstick
20 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1930-1940 493(26)
The Beauty Salons
Helena Rubinstein
Trends in Makeup, 1931
Letter from Lalla
A New Colour Consciousness
Dangerous Cosmetics
Beauty Secrets
The Mid-Thirties
The English Debutante
Cosmetics for Men, 1937
The Late Thirties
21 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1940-1960 519(30)
Makeup in Wartime
Cosmetics for Men, 1945
The Mid-Forties
The Late Forties
The Painted Look
Fire and Ice
The Mid-Fifties
The Late Fifties
22 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1960-1970 549(41)
Fashions of 1963
Seal Fuzz and Cow's Blood
The Sculptured Look
The Exotic Look
New Trends, 1966
Contour Makeup, 1967
Glitter and Glint
The Polished Look
Tanners and Toners
Focus on Eyes
Travelling Lady
A Business of Moonbeams
The Spotted Look
Makeup for Men
A Touch of the Bizarre
23 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The Seventies to the New Millennium 590(23)
The Seventies: Flappers, Fairies, Dolls and Punks
The Eighties: The Dynasty Decade from New Romantics to the Rise of the Supermodel
The Nineties: Superwaifs, Rock Chicks, Icons and the Eco-friendly Face
24 INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY TO THE FUTURE 613(7)
The Future
Epilogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY 620(6)
INDEX 626

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