nerd alert
The Ancient Greeks defined beauty as perfection. for something to be perfect it reflected their sense of proportion and symmetry. Many greek sculptors formulated canons (systems) of proportions so strict and all encompassing that they calculated the size of every body part in advance, even the fingers and toes, according to mathematical ratios. This ideal of human beauty influenced the work of countless later artists in the Western World. (and women and men for years to come that would buy into this lie (that's my opinion anyways) that they need to be something different to be beautiful)
I learned in my figure drawing class several years ago, that in research studies about beauty, sex appeal, and attractiveness that people's faces are more 'beautiful' when they are symmetrical. Even little babies were drawn to such faces. "According to evolutionary theory faces are supposed to be more attractive the more symmetrical they are," I found in one study.
And in my design classes we are learning about the Golden Mean. This is a set number labeled as phi, which is similar to pi, or e in math. This number is also called the 'rule of thirds' and most natural things follow this design. Flowers, shells, humans. This is strange to me. Google 'golden mean' and you'll see what I mean. We are taught that when designing things for human appeal this 'golden mean' is an essential tool.
i just can't believe that mathmaticals could define a sense of beauty. but does it? forgive the extremely boring post. I have been doing a lot of research lately and I have been really facinated with the things I am learning. maybe I will post something more interesting later :)
I learned in my figure drawing class several years ago, that in research studies about beauty, sex appeal, and attractiveness that people's faces are more 'beautiful' when they are symmetrical. Even little babies were drawn to such faces. "According to evolutionary theory faces are supposed to be more attractive the more symmetrical they are," I found in one study.
And in my design classes we are learning about the Golden Mean. This is a set number labeled as phi, which is similar to pi, or e in math. This number is also called the 'rule of thirds' and most natural things follow this design. Flowers, shells, humans. This is strange to me. Google 'golden mean' and you'll see what I mean. We are taught that when designing things for human appeal this 'golden mean' is an essential tool.
i just can't believe that mathmaticals could define a sense of beauty. but does it? forgive the extremely boring post. I have been doing a lot of research lately and I have been really facinated with the things I am learning. maybe I will post something more interesting later :)