https://padlet.com/erelaj/2fq6qah95abi All About the Looks en-us 2017-05-25 14:48:59 UTC 2021-04-03 11:19:49 UTC hello@padlet.com erelaj https://padlet.com/erelaj/2fq6qah95abi/wish/173838731 In Ancient Greece, physical beauty was seen as a direct link to mental beauty. The ancient Greek people held an idealism of balance and harmony in their sculptures of people. The people of this time celebrated the body and had high standards for both men and women.  An ideal male would be athletic and muscular as sports was highly important in that era. Many of the found statues from Ancient Greece shows athletes nude which was celebrating the body and was an intimidation tactic before a competition. The same tactic was also used during war. Discobolos, as seen below showed ideal male beauty. He was extremely muscular and you are even able to see his core strength in the sculpture. His muscles and tendons were very defined. There were beauty contests for women regularly. The ideal woman was also more sculpted. Women were also idealised to be fit and muscular. An example of idealised beauty for women during this time would be the sculpture Venus de Milo. Venus was the goddess of beauty and therefore the epitome of beauty. This sculpture shows what the 'perfect' woman would look like in ancient Greece. As you can see, the structure is muscular. Her torso is hard and noticeably chiseled. Though it is possible to see that the sculptors could create a soft texture on the marble from the way the draped cloth has been carved, Venus de Milo was portrayed with a more muscular chest. This further shows that muscle was considered beauty at the time.

Venus de Milo, 200 BC
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