The Beauty of China’s Makeup ｜ Replay the Beauty of Chinese Makeup in Past Dynasties!
The Beauty of China’s Makeup
The tide of the country is in power!
Enumerate that classic makeup faces of ancient beauty in China,
Replicate the beauty of Chinese makeup in previous dynasties!
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With the word "makeup", the author traces the historical situation and aesthetic feelings of women in China, and shows the history of women’s makeup in China with detailed contents and rich pictures, which reflects China’s spiritual temperament from a unique angle.
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Female figures on horseback unearthed in the main tomb of Tangjinxiang County, Xi ‘an City, Shaanxi Province.
From prehistoric times to Qing Dynasty, for whom and how did women in China make up?
29 groups of makeup restoration, 150 pictures of cultural relics, reproduce the elegance of Zhou, the beauty of Qin, the elegance of Han, the splendor of Tang, the elegance of Song, the amorous feelings of Liao and Yuan Dynasties, the dignity of Ming and the fusion of Qing!
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The Beauty of China’s Makeup is based on ancient paintings, sculptures and murals, supplemented by poems and classics, showing the details of China’s ancient makeup, discussing the status of women in past dynasties and oriental aesthetics, and recreating the beauty of women’s makeup in past dynasties in China with 29 sets of real makeup restoration pictures.
Women’s makeup restoration in the late Tang Dynasty: moths’ eyebrows, painted with flowers, faces and slanting red, with flowers on their heads, combs, phoenix pins and golden crowns.
This book not only points out the main points of women’s makeup in past dynasties in details, but also shows the changes of social features and aesthetic thoughts in ancient China from the side.
At the end of Kaiyuan in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Tianbao in the early years, "drunken makeup and long eyebrows" recovered. Model: and sing Qing Huan; Dressing: Jialing Chiba; Clothing and textual research: Chen Shiyu; Photography: Wu Xiyu
This book is not only a detailed makeup history, but also a unique makeup atlas of China. The two authors initiated the ancient makeup restoration project in China, and invited experts and models in modeling, makeup and photography to jointly complete the makeup restoration of women in China.
The Xixia painted clay Buddha head unearthed in Hongfo Pagoda, Helan County, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, has black "tears" on its lower eyelid. Many of these Buddha heads unearthed here have "tear marks" at the moment, which is said to be caused by the melting and outflow of eye glaze at high temperature, but the author thinks there may be subjective elements, so it is used here as an interpretation of "tear makeup". Collection of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Museum
This book was written by Li Ya from prehistoric times to Wei, Jin, Liao, Yuan and Qing Dynasties, and by Chen Shiyu from Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties.
The beauty picture under the tree, unearthed in Astana’s tomb in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has a kaiyuan style of makeup, with pinkish, oblique red and feixia makeup. National Museum of New Delhi, India
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professionality Li Ya, a professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy, co-wrote with Chen Shiyu, a costume consultant of National Treasure.
Unique Twenty-nine groups of ancient makeup were restored, which took more than one year to shoot and completely presented to the beauty of China makeup.
intellectual More than 150 cultural relic illustrations, based on literature images and ancient cultural relics as evidence, systematically sort out the makeup history of China, and see the cultural and aesthetic changes of China in past dynasties.
According to the makeup interpretation of Bai Juyi’s "Contemporary Makeup", eight-character eyebrows, black ointment, lips and sunburn makeup.
Topical nature References to film and television dramas and variety shows, the goose yellow of Mulan, the face of Yang Guifei, Xiao Taihou’s aunt’s crown and Cixi’s one ear and three pliers can all be found in this book.
popularity The collision between history and modernity, the encounter between fashion and ancient makeup, and the ancient cosmetics made by ourselves make it easy to understand the beauty of China’s makeup.
Title: The Beauty of China’s Makeup
Author: Li Ya Chen Shiyu
Publishing House: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
Text/Guangzhou Daily Xinhua City Reporter: Wu Bo
Figure/Guangzhou Daily Xinhua City Reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhua City Reporter: Wu Bo
Guangzhou Daily Xinhua City Editor: Dai Yujing
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