Beauty canons
Beauty canons
Beauty canons for men and women though the history.
0150-01-01 00:00:00
Farnese Atlas - Rome
Heavy shoulder musculature. The man exudes strength. Curving lines of the man’s limbs and muscles. The Apollo's belt (sometimes called Adonis belt) is that abdominal V muscle many guys try to achieve. The ideal man was muscular and lean.
0400 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Venus Callipyge - Rome
Curly fair hair. Plump and full-figured body. Sensual, feminine curves.Thin bodies were considered a sign of disease. Paleness of the skin was seen as a symbol of distinction.
0400-01-01 00:00:00
Blanche of Castile - Middle Ages
The figure of the woman had childish appearance. Stylized silhouette, slender, without hips. Blonde hair. A bit bloated belly.
1000 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Venus of Milo - Greece
Harmony of the face and impassivity. Small-breasted woman. Light skin. Elongated body. Sensual, feminine curves.The standards of proportion and physical perfection were only for males. - Women were considered deformed males.
1000 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Doryphoros - Greece
Harmony of the face and impassivity. Heavily-muscled but athletic man.Perfectly harmonious and balanced proportions.The standards of proportion and physical perfection were only for males.
1484-01-01 00:00:00
The Birth of Venus - Renaissance
A rounded body, including full hips and large breasts. Pale skin.Strawberry blonde hair. High foreheads were all thought of as the height of physical beauty.
1501-01-01 00:00:00
David - Renaissance
Return to classical ideals: body with perfect proportions. Harmony of the face and impassivity. Heavily-muscled but athletic.Perfectly harmonious and balanced proportions.
1505-01-01 00:00:00
Young knight in a landscape - Middle Ages
Man with childish appearance. Stylized silhouette, slender. Figure angelically clear. Smooth skin, with a slight fleshiness that belies poverty.
1607-01-01 00:00:00
The flagellation of Christ - Baroque
Round, sinuous and curving bodies. Heavy brutish muscularity. One’s duty is to look prosperous and well fleshed in clothing.
1614-01-01 00:00:00
Venus at the mirror - Baroque
Pale skin. Blonde hair. Thick hips. A rounded back side. Non-narrow waistline.
1824-01-01 00:00:00
Mars disarmed by Venus - Neoclassicism
Pale skin.Blonde hair. Hair long as a symbol of femininity. Large breasts.Thick hips. A rounded back side. Tight waist, creating an hourglass figure.
1824-01-01 00:00:00
Mars disarmed by Venus -Neoclaicism
Well fleshed body to indicate prosperity.
1868-01-01 00:00:00
The honeymoon - Romanticism
Physical aspect soft and feminine. Little muscular body.
1881-01-01 00:00:00
The tepidarium - Romanticism
Pale skin. Thick hips. Good shoulders.Tight waist, creating an hourglass figure. Attractive, healthy woman's figure. The exuberance of forms became a sign of welfare and respectability.
1920-01-01 00:00:00
French women's fashion - Roaring Twenties
Flat chested. Downplayed waist. Short bob hairstyle. Boyish figure, curveless
1925-01-01 00:00:00
John Gilbert - Roaring Twenties
Slim and dashing figure.
1930-01-01 00:00:00
Sophia Loren - Golden age of Hollywood
Curvy, hourglass figure. Large breast. Slim waist.
1935-01-01 00:00:00
Charles Atlas
Big muscles. Strong body. Enormous physical power.
1955-01-01 00:00:00
Montgomery Clift - The executive look
Large and imposing figure. Broad shoulders. Trim waist.
1960-01-01 00:00:00
Twiggy - Swinging Sixties
Tall. Boyish figure. Tin, long, slim legs. Adolescent physique. Curveless.
1960-01-01 00:00:00
The Sixties - Sean Connery
Suave and stylish man. Broad shoulders. Flat stomach.
1965-01-01 00:00:00
Androgyny - David Bowie
Masculine and feminine look. Thin and lanky figure. Unisex clothes. Toned body.
1980-01-01 00:00:00
Elle Macpherson - Supermodel Era
Tall. Athletic. Svelte. Curvy. Toned arms
1985-01-01 00:00:00
Action heroes - Sylvester Stallone
Broad shoulders. Well developed muscles. Hard bodied man. Heightened masculinity.
1990-01-01 00:00:00
Stella Tennant - Heroine Chic
Waifish, extremely thin.Translucent skin. Androgynous.
1995-01-01 00:00:00
Superhero - Brad Pitt
Cut and muscular man. Perfect and unattainable body.
2000 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Funerary statue - Egypt
Prominent cheekbones. Big eyes. Symmetrical face. Strong and well-proportioned body. Svelte and muscular body.
2000-01-01 00:00:00
Natalia Vodianova - Postmodern Beauty
Thigh gap. Flat stomach. Large breast and butt. Healthy skinny.
38000 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Lion Man - Prehistory
The ideal man at the time was heavy and strong as a lion.
50000 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Venus of Willendorf - Prehistory
Tremendous breasts, belly, and hip. A pattern representing a braid or cap. There are no facial features.Parts of the body associated with fertility and childbearing have been emphasized.
5300 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Bust of Nefertiti - Egypt
Prominent cheekbones. Big eyes.Symmetrical face. A vision of preternatural beauty. It is like a a mask of divine and unattainable beauty