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  2. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by the naked eye. [1] Microscopic anatomy is the study of minute anatomical structures assisted with microscopes , which includes histology (the study of the organization of tissues), [ 1 ] and cytology ...

  3. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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    Aestheticism (also known as the aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts and the arts over their functions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Aestheticism, art should be produced to be beautiful, rather than to teach a lesson , create a parallel , or perform another didactic ...

  4. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    wherein color harmony is a function (f) of the interaction between color/s (Col 1, 2, 3, …, n) and the factors that influence positive aesthetic response to color: individual differences (ID) such as age, gender, personality and affective state; cultural experiences (CE), the prevailing context (CX) which includes setting and ambient lighting ...

  5. Proportion (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The Vitruvian Man developed by Leonardo da Vinci based on the description of Vitruvius' ideal ratio of the human body. Commemorative coin illustrating Le Corbusier's Modulor Church of Sant'Alessandro, Lucca, Italy: proportions of first construction phase of the façade ad triangulum and today's façade ad quadratum.

  6. Aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste and, in a broad sense, incorporates the philosophy of art. [1]

  7. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    Schematic diagram of the human eye. It shows a horizontal section through the right eye. The eye is made up of three coats, or layers, enclosing various anatomical structures. The outermost layer, known as the fibrous tunic, is composed of the cornea and sclera, which provide shape to the eye and support the deeper structures.

  8. Body image - Wikipedia

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    Venus with a Mirror (1555) by Titian. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] [2] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.

  9. Plastic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Plates vi & vii of the Edwin Smith Papyrus at the Rare Book Room, New York Academy of Medicine [7] Treatments for the plastic repair of a broken nose are first mentioned in the c. 1600 BC Egyptian medical text called the Edwin Smith papyrus. [8] [9] The early trauma surgery textbook was named after the American Egyptologist, Edwin Smith. [9]