Beauty Design: Cosmetics as Will and Representation

by Volker Fischer

Cosmetically-enhanced beauty is something that has existed for centuries. Over the course of the last century, however, a cosmetics industry has arisen that is worth millions. Its products claim to optimize visual appearance, to bestow inner and outer health and to delay aging, under a veneer of medical credibility and reliable results. The referential frame for cosmetics is constituted by cultural history and iconology, by semiotics and sociology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3936681791
• ISBN13: 9783936681796
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Axel Menges
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 9.9"