LEADER 02471nam 2200577 450 001 9910461069103321 005 20210209174549.0 010 $a1-283-20195-X 010 $a9786613201959 010 $a0-8264-3945-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106940 035 $a(EBL)742951 035 $a(OCoLC)745866674 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000531137 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12197543 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531137 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10571114 035 $a(PQKB)10292497 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309590 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742951 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742951 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320195 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106940 100 $a20180315h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA history of human beauty /$fArthur Marwick 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cHambledon and London,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84725-050-5 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Fascination; 2 Plato, Augustine and Mrs Astell; 3 Kings and Concubines; 4 Something Handsome and Cheap; 5 Getting Married; 6 Grandes Horizontales; 7 The Tallest Wins; 8 Movies; 9 The Swinging Sixties; 10 A Gift from the Genes; Notes; Note on Sources; Index 330 $aIf 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 606 $aAesthetics, Modern 606 $aBeauty, Personal$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAesthetics, Modern. 615 0$aBeauty, Personal$xHistory. 676 $a111.85 700 $aMarwick$b Arthur$f1936-2006,$049111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461069103321 996 $aA history of human beauty$92487793 997 $aUNINA