COURTE HISTOIRE DE LA BEAUTÉ EN ANTIQUITÉ
SHORT HISTORY OF BEAUTY IN ANCIENT TIME

Summary/Abstract: The Antiquity, this first breath of culture of the humanity represented the birth of intellectual freedom and the patriarch of the following historical periods. Rising from the culture of the ancient Greeks, preserved and spread by the Romans, the Antiquity was, in a great measure, the basis for the sciences, the arts and the educational concepts. Another civilization that provided the Antiquity a great amount of art, construction techniques and the one of the largest libraries of the ancient world were the Egyptians. These three antic peoples represent the main reference points of our present study. Based on the researches done by André Bonnard, Philippe Moreau and Florence Maruéjol, this work outlines the body evolution and revolution that took place during the Antiquity. The beauty, the nucleus of esthetics and art was, in a world that started with the epic poetry of Homer, the hymn of the human being and one of the most desired qualities. The body embellishment and the art of beauty have their roots in these ages- the central pillar that has always successfully struck a balance between the influences that arose in the following eras.

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