François Boucher, Woman at Her Toilette, 1738
(August 15) I really liked this -- the topic is a guilty pleasure and there was much new-to-me information and many interesting perspectives on the history of various trends and materials in makeup. Eldridge presents it in a fairly scholarly way, too, with a lot of citations and references, and a kind of reverential tone that you find with newly minted researchers, so appealing.The book itself is beautiful -- so many stunning colour plates, photos like works of art, paper and binding finishes of the highest quality, all at a luxurious size. It’s really an art book, a coffee table book, in some ways.
