Period Make-up for the Stage, Step-by-Step
by Swinfield, Rosemarie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 155870468X
- ISBN 13
- 9781558704688
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, 1997. First USA Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Ex-library with sticker on spine and mark where library tag has been removed on front free endpaper, no other library stamps. Mark on front free endpaper where a library sticker has been removed. Period Make-up for the Stage is an invaluable source book for actors, designers, make-up artists, directors and students. It looks at make-up and hairstyles from the Ancient Egyptians, Elizabethans and Jacobeans to the Swinging '60s, Flower Power and Punk-look of the '70s.
Basic stage make-up for men and women is described and illustrated clearly for white, Hispanic, Chinese, black and Asian skins. Using a combination of color photographs and easy to follow make-up charts Rosemarie Swinfield shows with step-by-step instructions how to create each look.
Special effects include facial hair, patches, scars, wigs, and the blocking out of eyebrows. Colour photos and illustrations
Basic stage make-up for men and women is described and illustrated clearly for white, Hispanic, Chinese, black and Asian skins. Using a combination of color photographs and easy to follow make-up charts Rosemarie Swinfield shows with step-by-step instructions how to create each look.
Special effects include facial hair, patches, scars, wigs, and the blocking out of eyebrows. Colour photos and illustrations
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- Seller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 53490
- Title
- Period Make-up for the Stage, Step-by-Step
- Author
- Swinfield, Rosemarie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First USA Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 155870468X
- ISBN 13
- 9781558704688
- Publisher
- Betterway Books
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 127
- Keywords
- The Stage theatre, stage make-up, actors, special effects
- X weight
- 500.000 kg
- Size
- Quarto
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