Feminism and Diversity

rrneck

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14. Do you think the average Greek male looked

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:18 AM

May 2012

like that sculpture? Polyklitos kanon was a mathematical set of proportions developed to define physical perfection. It was an almost certainly unattainable ideal, as surely as any photoshopped image today. Both computer software and a chisel perform the same function - the representation of of an ideal divorced from reality and beyond the reach of human achievement.

The Greeks were selling something other than cosmetics. And they did a much better job of it. I believe the Olympics are in London this year.

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YOU’RE NOT PERFECT, AND THAT’S OKAY! [View all] La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 OP

i for one am glad i am not the only person who is aging La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #1

Join the club! It's where all the cool kids are these days arcane1 May 2012 #3

meh La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #4

I was shocked by some of those. alittlelark May 2012 #2

yup. one thing is good to know is that people do age and even jessica alba La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #5

It's not new... rrneck May 2012 #6

i think the problem is the ubiquitousness La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #7

Absolutely. rrneck May 2012 #8

I don't think heroic sculpture was used to sell beauty products by the billions of dollars. Starry Messenger May 2012 #13

Do you think the average Greek male looked rrneck May 2012 #14

I don't think you read my post. Starry Messenger May 2012 #15

Every image is an abstraction. rrneck May 2012 #16

Wow... those were really revealing kdmorris May 2012 #9

wow, it's not just the faces it's also the breasts, arms maddezmom May 2012 #10

I think Sharon Stone looked better before being "shopped" justiceischeap May 2012 #11

i think we are wiping out aging in celebs La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #12

Airbrushing makes people look kind to creepy to me. Neoplebe Jun 2012 #17