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[[Image:Madame X by Sargeant.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|''[[Portrait of Madame X]]'' by [[John Singer Sargent]]]] [[Image:Madame X by Sargeant.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|''[[Portrait of Madame X]]'' by [[John Singer Sargent]]]]
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 +"One very interesting generalization is that in most societies the [[Beautiful woman |physical beauty of the female]] receives more explicit consideration than does the [[handsomeness of the male]]. The attractiveness of the man usually depends predominantly upon his skills and prowess rather than upon his physical appearance." ([[Ford, 1951]], p. 86)
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[[Image:Birth of Venus Botticelli.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]'' (detail), a [[1486]] painting by [[Sandro Botticelli]]]] [[Image:Birth of Venus Botticelli.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]'' (detail), a [[1486]] painting by [[Sandro Botticelli]]]]
[[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|See also: [[Ugly woman]] [[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|See also: [[Ugly woman]]
<br><small>Illustration: ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' by [[Matsys]]</small>]] <br><small>Illustration: ''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' by [[Matsys]]</small>]]
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-:"[[The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world]]" --[[Edgar Allan Poe]]+This page features links to [[physical attractiveness]] of [[woman|women]]. In Western culture, [[Helen of Troy]] is often attributed the title of most beautiful woman, while Venus is regarded as the most beautiful goddess.
==Treatises== ==Treatises==
*''[[On the Beauty of Women]]'' by the Italian writer Agnolo Firenzuola *''[[On the Beauty of Women]]'' by the Italian writer Agnolo Firenzuola
*''[[Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers]]'' by by Carl Heinrich Stratz *''[[Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers]]'' by by Carl Heinrich Stratz
*"[[Thirty beauties of a woman]]", a passage featured in ''Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies'' by Brantôme *"[[Thirty beauties of a woman]]", a passage featured in ''Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies'' by Brantôme
 +==Painting==
 +*''[[Ideal Portrait of a Woman]]'', title of various paintings
 +*[[Five Maidens of Croton]], a popular myth about the Greek painter Zeuxis
 +==Namesakes==
 +*"[[When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman]]"
 +*''[[Pretty Woman]]'', a 1990 American romantic comedy motion picture
 +*[[The death of a beautiful woman|"The death ... of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world"]], a dictum by Edgar Allen Poe
==See also== ==See also==
 +<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
*[[Beauty ideal]] *[[Beauty ideal]]
 +*[[Beauty industry]]
 +*[[Beauty pageant]]
*[[Blason]] *[[Blason]]
*[[Dolce Stil Novo]] *[[Dolce Stil Novo]]
*[[Female body shape]] *[[Female body shape]]
**[[Waist–hip ratio]] **[[Waist–hip ratio]]
 +*[[Female stereotypes]]
*[[Femme fatale]] *[[Femme fatale]]
*[[Female nude]] *[[Female nude]]
*[[Helen of Troy]] *[[Helen of Troy]]
*[[Human beauty]] *[[Human beauty]]
-*[[Perfect woman]] +*[[Ideal womanhood]]
 +*[[Judgement of Paris]]
*[[Physical attractiveness]] *[[Physical attractiveness]]
 +*[[Temptress ]]
*[[Ugly woman]] *[[Ugly woman]]
 +*[[Vamp (woman)]]
*[[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] *[[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]
-==Painting==+</div>
-*''[[Ideal Portrait of a Woman]]''+
-*[[Five Maidens of Croton]] +
-==Namesakes==+
-*"[[When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman]]"+
-*''[[Pretty Woman]]''+
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"One very interesting generalization is that in most societies the physical beauty of the female receives more explicit consideration than does the handsomeness of the male. The attractiveness of the man usually depends predominantly upon his skills and prowess rather than upon his physical appearance." (Ford, 1951, p. 86)

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