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A History of Human Beauty

By Arthur Marwick

A History of Human Beauty General education

A History of Human Beauty

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If Cleopatra's nose had been half an inch longer, neither Caesar nor Mark Antony would have fallen in love with her. It: A History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in the past women have had to use the lure of sex to achieve power or wealth, epitomised by royal mistresses or the Grandes Horizontales of the nineteenth century, modern film stars (male and female) can acquire great wealth simply by the use of their images, while attractiveness on television is an essential modern qualification for power, as shown by Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2007-06-21
Publication Date:
2007-06-21
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847250505
ISBN13:
9781847250506
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
468 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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