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 +[[Image:The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins.jpg|thumb|left|200px|
 +''[[The artist's despair before the grandeur of ancient ruins]]'' ([[1778]]-[[1779|79]]) by [[Fuseli|Henry Fuseli]]]]
 +[[Image:Birth Venus Botticelli.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]'' (detail), a [[1486]] painting by [[Sandro Botticelli]]]]
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-:''[[beauty]], [[ideal]], [[Aesthetic relativism]], [[body image]], [[human physical appearance]], [[Semiotics of ideal beauty]] ''+'''Beauty ideal''' is a concept in which one form of beauty is raised to a standard. It is a form of [[aesthetic universalism]].
 +==In man==
 +:''[[symmetry (physical attractiveness)]], [[physical attractiveness]], [[The Five Maidens of Croton]]''
 +An '''ideal beauty''' or a '''classical beauty''' is a concept which refers to males such as an [[Adonis]] and female [[Venus]]es, most importantly the ''[[Venus de Milo]]'' and the [[Mona Lisa]]. Today, there are exemplified by the current [[sex symbol]]s.
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 +==In nature==
 +:''[[arcadia]], [[sunset]], [[golden ratio]], [[ideal landscape]], [[rainbow]]''
 +==Related==
 +:''[[beauty]], [[ideal]], [[idealization]], [[aesthetic universalism]], [[golden ratio]], [[perfection]], [[Medieval beauty ideal]], [[cult of beauty]], [[Grand manner]]''
 +==See also==
 +* [[Beauty]]
 +* [[Symmetry in nature]]
 +* [[Patterns in nature]]
 +* [[Physical attractiveness]]
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Beauty ideal is a concept in which one form of beauty is raised to a standard. It is a form of aesthetic universalism.

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In man

symmetry (physical attractiveness), physical attractiveness, The Five Maidens of Croton

An ideal beauty or a classical beauty is a concept which refers to males such as an Adonis and female Venuses, most importantly the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa. Today, there are exemplified by the current sex symbols.

In nature

arcadia, sunset, golden ratio, ideal landscape, rainbow

Related

beauty, ideal, idealization, aesthetic universalism, golden ratio, perfection, Medieval beauty ideal, cult of beauty, Grand manner

See also




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