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Philosophy

The Concept of Beauty in Classical and Modern Art

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The ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos wrote a treatise called 'The Canon' that prescribed ideal proportions for the human body, considered the standard of beauty for centuries.

Why this is interesting

We often call something 'beautiful' without thinking, but what does that word mean? In ancient Greece, beauty was a mathematical formula—did it change?