HOW ART INFLUENCED THE IDEAL OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
video: Ideal standards of WOMEN'S BEAUTY around the world FROM ANCIENT STATUES TO SELFIES, art reflected and imposed beauty standards CRITERIA OF BEAUTY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Nefertiti - Egypt, New Kingdom, around 1350 BC Firm lines, eye makeup, red lips, rich accessories - the Egyptian ideal had great influence in the ancient world. Egyptian art was the first to define female beauty as an artistic theme. THE MODERN PERIOD OF CRANACH A Boucher The Three Graces - Lucas Cranach the Elder An element of pre-Christian mythology, the Three Graces were a fashionable theme during the Renaissance. Cranach's depiction emphasizes sensual, supple lines with soft lines. Muses have small breasts, unshaven pubes, and sexless hair. Boucher's paintings shift the emphasis from form to color in defining the feminine ideal. Reddened cheeks, a sign of delicacy, but also of health, are a novelty introduced by roccoco. (The motif will also be taken up by the Romantics and will survive in standar...