A History of Human Beauty

by Arthur Marwick

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847250505
• ISBN13: 9781847250506
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"