About this title: Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty. Fashion can be seen as the practice of some of the most extreme strategies to conform to shifting concepts of the physical ideal. Various zones of the body--the neck, the shoulders, the bust, the waist, the hips, and the feet--have been constricted, padded, truncated, or extended through subtle visual adjustments of proportion, less subtle prosthesis, and, often, deliberate physical deformation. The book shows that an undeniable if uncanny beauty abides in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Published: 12-1-01
ISBN-13:9780300091175ISBN:0300091176
Description: GOOD. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light to moderate edgewear/shelfwear to the boards. Missing dust jacket. -Still Nice! 2.9 lbs. read more
Description: Good. 2004-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780300091175ISBN:0300091176
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations. Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781588390141ISBN:1588390144
Description: Description: 168 p. : ill. (some col. ); 31 cm. Subjects: Clothing and dress--History--Exhibitions. Beauty, Personal--Cross-cultural studies. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 2. pp. 168. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781588390141ISBN:1588390144
Description: Description: 168 p. : ill. (some col. ); 31 cm. Subjects: Clothing and dress--History--Exhibitions. Beauty, Personal--Cross-cultural studies. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780300103120ISBN:0300103123
Description: New. Over time and across cultures, shifting concepts of beauty have given rise to extraordinary fashions that constrict, enhance, minimize, or exaggerate various zones of the human body. This stimulating book displays and discusses an array of such extre... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780300103120ISBN:0300103123
Description: New. Over time and across cultures, shifting concepts of beauty have given rise to extraordinary fashions that constrict, enhance, minimize, or exaggerate various zones of the human body. This stimulating book displays and discusses an array of such extre... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Date Published: 2001
Description: 168pp. Over 225 color illus. Lrg. 4to. Stiff wraps. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dec. 2001-March 2002. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Published: 2001-12-01
ISBN-13:9780300091175ISBN:0300091176
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