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The feminine beauty ideal is a specific set of beauty standards regarding traits that are ingrained in women throughout their lives and from a young age to increase their perceived physical attractiveness. It is experienced by many women in the world, though the traits change over time and vary in country and culture. [1]
The amount of scholarship on women in the ancient world has increased dramatically since then. The first major publication in the field was a 1973 special issue of the journal Arethusa, [18] which aimed to look at women in the ancient world from a feminist perspective. [17]
Hózhǫ́ǫ́g cannot be easily translated into a single word, but it can be understood as an overarching philosophy and ideal. Hózhǫ́ǫ́g is a life philosophy that strives to understand and practice beauty and balance in all aspects of life, not just in art. It is a guide for living in harmony with oneself, other people, and the world around.
Beauty in ancient Greece (800 – 300 B.C.E.) was referred to as κάλλος. The history of ancient Greek aesthetics spans centuries. Philosophical theories of beauty through this era are proportion, functionality and form. [7]
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity is a 1975 feminist history book by Sarah B. Pomeroy. The work covers the lives of women in antiquity from the Greek Dark Ages to the death of Constantine the Great. [1] The book was one of the first English works on women's history in any period. [2]
Cleopatra the Physician (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, Kleopatra; fl. late 1st century CE) was a Greek medical writer and author of a manual entitled Cosmetics. [1] Six fragments of her Cosmetics survive in quotation from later medical writers.
In terms of female human beauty, a woman whose appearance conforms to these tenets is still called a "classical beauty" or said to possess a "classical beauty", whilst the foundations laid by Greek and Roman artists have also supplied the standard for male beauty and female beauty in western civilization as seen, for example, in the Winged ...
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