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The History of Beauty in Humanities

  • 420 BCE

    Ion of Chios (literature)

    Active as a dramatist, lyric poet, and philosopher during this precise time, Ion's work would have been influenced by the prevailing Greek ideals of beauty and aesthetics.
  • Praxiteles- Aphrodites of Knidos
    360 BCE

    Praxiteles- Aphrodites of Knidos

    An Ancient Greece sculpture that represents the ideal human form through mathematical proportions
  • Edmund Spenser- The Faerie Queen (Literature)

    Edmund Spenser- The Faerie Queen (Literature)

    Poem celebrating moral, spiritual and physical body
  • Period: to

    Marie Antoinette - Queen of France (history)

    As queen of France, her extravagant fashion and elaborate hairstyles heavily influenced European trends and the perception of high fashion and beauty.
  • Johnny Wolfgang Von Goethe - Faust Pt.1 (Theater)

    Johnny Wolfgang Von Goethe - Faust Pt.1 (Theater)

    Includes mediations on Beauty, Desires, and sublime
  • John Keats- ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ (Literature)

    A poem famous for the lines “Beauty is the truth, truth Beauty,- that is all / ye know on earth, and all us need to know.”
  • The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Art)

    The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Art)

    Artistic movement devoted/aimed for art that was meaningful and fresh, and they sought to show the world and its stories with a fresh and passionate intensity.
  • Isadora Duncan- American Pioneer Dancer (photograph)

    Isadora Duncan- American Pioneer Dancer (photograph)

    Known as “Mother of Modern Dance”
  • Nouvea (Art)

    Nouvea (Art)

    An international style of art, architecture, and applied art. Inspired by many things (ex. Nature and ‘organic’ flowing lines)
  • Coco Chanel (History)

    Coco Chanel (History)

    Coco Chanel was a fashion designer who ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades. Chanel also popularized costume jewelry and introduced the iconic perfume Chanel No. 5
  • Max Factor - pioneer in Hollywood makeup (Film History & History)

    Max Factor - pioneer in Hollywood makeup (Film History & History)

    developing the first flexible greasepaint specifically for film in 1914 and later creating a line of "Color Harmony" makeup to suit different skin tones. His innovations, which included creating custom looks for stars, helped transform the film industry and eventually led to the mass marketing of his products, making high-quality cosmetics accessible to the public
  • Georgea O’Keefe- Red Canna (Art)

    Georgea O’Keefe- Red Canna (Art)

    Noted for her sensual abstractions of flowers and southwestern motifs, she is one of the most recognized twentieth-century American artists.
  • Milton H. Greene- Marilyn Monroe, Ballerina (Photograph)

    Milton H. Greene- Marilyn Monroe, Ballerina (Photograph)

    Its one of the most recognizable series of photos
  • Andy Warhol - Campbell's Soup Can onion (Art)

    Andy Warhol - Campbell's Soup Can onion (Art)

    His original painting of Campbell’s Soup Can
  • Kate Moss (History)

    Kate Moss (History)

    Kate Moss became a 1990s style icon for her association with the "heroin chic" look, which featured pale skin, dark under-eye circles, and a thin, disheveled appearance that mirrored the era's minimalist and grunge-inspired fashion. Her fame was further cemented through collaborations with designers like Calvin Klein.