{"product_id":"9781350333338","title":"Art of Beauty Makeup, Femininity, and Modernity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFashion: Visual \u0026amp; Material Interconnections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eArt of Beauty\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMakeup, Femininity, and Modernity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKsenia Gusarova | Rebecca Arnold\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the proliferation of makeup as both practice and metaphor across intellectual, visual and material culture, this transnational study involves analysis of French, British, German and Russian art, philosophy, fiction, journalism and advice manuals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From its negative early modern associations with the sensual and the superficial to its acceptance and widespread use in the 1910s, Ksenia Gusarova traces makeup's many transformations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross centuries and national boundaries, associations between makeup and visual arts, particularly painting, were fairly commonplace in European intellectual and popular culture. Though mostly unflattering, occasionally comparisons were made that challenged established aesthetic hierarchies in order to promote new definitions of art. The Art of Beauty examines the discourse about cosmetics as (inferior) art, arguing for its important role in policing the boundaries of what was considered artistic practice and who was allowed to engage in it, with regard to gender in particular, but also class and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKsenia Gusarova\u003c\/b\u003e studies cultural history of the body, dress and beauty culture. Her research has appeared in leading periodicals in the field, such as\u003ci\u003e Fashion Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Clothing Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in several collected volumes, including \u003ci\u003eSeasoned Socialism: Gender and Food in Late Soviet Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350333338\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669615706252,"sku":"9781350333338","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b650513d-44d4-454d-8ce9-bbcc272e3440.jpg?v=1785202651","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350333338","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}