Art & Beauty Books
I haven't done a book review or recommended reading in quite some time and I apologize for that. For this month, in keeping with the theme of beauty, I can’t recommend just one book. There are so many. So let this be a post about the many I consider relevant and then you can choose based on my selection. Or go here, for others I might have missed.
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Beauty and social conventions of the Gilded Age. Before the Gibson Girl, this was the bible of social behavior and women’s wear.
The Power of Glamour by Annette Tapert - Beauty conventions of the 30s, 40s & 50s. The advent of Dior’s New Look. Bias cuts, tailored suit and bound button holes anyone?
A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture by Bonnie English and Nazanin Hedayat Munroe - discover the world of couture and the influence it wields in shaping what we wear, how we look and present ourselves and values as a society.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - Beauty conventions as seen through the eyes of the disadvantaged.
Face Forward by Kevyn Aucoin - Beauty and makeup conventions of the current century. I love the photo cover of this book. One side, the face of a black model. The other side, the face of a white model. Together it’s a beautiful portrait. Masterful!
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - Beauty conventions of the current century. You’ve seen the movie, but have you read the book?
You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Revel About You by Jennifer Baumgartner - Beauty conventions on clothing as social uniforms.
The Art of Bev Doolittle by Bev Doolittle - Camouflage art at its best. Amazing!
Art that Changed the World: Transformative Art Movements and the Paintings That Inspired Them by DK - Master works from prehistory to present day.
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