Download or read book The Quest for Human Beauty written by Julian Robinson and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compendium of the disparate notions of human beauty throughout history and cultures. It illuminates how and why, for thousands of years, men and women across the globe have gone to elaborate lengths to alter their natural appearance.