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Byung-Chul Han Saving beauty
"Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind of 'pornography' of beauty. In this book, cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han reinvigorates aesthetic theory for our digital age. He interrogates our preoccupation with all things slick and smooth, from...
Engels | 95 pagina's | Polity, Cambridge | 2018
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Aileen Elizabeth Ribeiro Facing beauty
painted women & cosmetic art
This book discusses the shifting perceptions of female beauty, concentrating on the period from about 1540 to 1940. It begins with the Renaissance, when a renewed emphasis on the individual was reflected in the celebration of beauty in the portraits of the day. The fluid, sensual lines of the Baroque period initiated a shift toward a more "natural" look, giving way in the 18th century to a more stylized and artificial face, a mask of ideal beauty. By the late 19th century, commercial beauty preparations...
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Engels | 371 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven [etc.] | 2011
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A. von Gleichen-Russwurm Die Schönheit
ein Buch der Sehnsucht
Duits | 303 pagina's | Hoffmann, Stuttgart | 1916
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Mona Chollet Beauté fatale
les nouveaux visages d'une aliénation féminine
Frans | 235 pagina's | Zones, Paris | 2012
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Echt moai
froulju oer moaiens en it inerlik
Interviews met maatschappelijk geslaagde vrouwen van alle leeftijden die erkenning en waardering uit andere zaken halen dan een aantrekkelijk uiterlijk.
Westerlauwers Fries | daisy-rom | Dedicon, Grave | 2008
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Légèreté
corps et âme, un rêve d'apesanteur
Frans | 202 pagina's | Éditions Autrement, Paris | 1996
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