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Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty. This volume features photographs, paintings, prints and drawings showing how fashion has constricted, padded, truncated and extended the body.
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"A landmark study of human customs and foibles in remarkable photos and intriguing text that show us what is and has been 'in' around the world."
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Harold Koda is Curator of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1588390152
- ISBN 13 9781588390158
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages168
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Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1588390152
ISBN 13: 9781588390158
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 2001, first printing, matching copyright and publishing dates. Published in conjunction with the exhibition by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Large softcover in pictorial wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, 168 pages, illustrated throughout with over 225 colr illustrations. Seller Inventory # 007818
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