Face: A Visual Odyssey

by Jessica Helfand

Book Overview

An elaborately illustrated A to Z of the face, from historical mugshots to Instagram posts.

By turns alarming and awe-inspiring, Face offers up an elaborately illustrated A to Z--from the didactic anthropometry of the late-nineteenth century to the selfie-obsessed zeitgeist of the twenty-first.

Jessica Helfand looks at the cultural significance of the face through a critical lens, both as social currency and as palimpsest of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043424
• ISBN13: 9780262043427
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 10.0"