Are there ethnic differences between the face and the mask?
GEOGRAPHIC RACES (ETHNIC GROUPS) OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AND THE MASK: In both women and men “ethnic” variations from the mask occur. However the more attractive a face is, regardless of ethnicity, the less the variations from the mask seem to occur.
Are some ethnic groups more attractive than others?
That is, no ethnic group on average more closely approaches the mask than any other and no ethnic group is more naturally attractive than any other. Each group has individuals who closely match the mask, those who deviate significantly from the mask and the majority who fair somewhere in between.
What is the African variation of the face?
The African Variation: This variation is applicable to those of African heritage and to some degree to individuals of Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian, and Australian Aborigine descent. The most important view of the face is the frontal view. It is in this view that we generally greet and converse with each other.
What is the closest race to the face mask?
Frankly, a beautiful face from any ethnic group, whether it is European, Asian, African or any other geographic race is a very close to the Mask. Conversely, a face from any ethnic group, which closely approximates the form of the mask will be perceived to be attractive.
What is the Caucasian face?
Is it artificial to put people in categories?
Does physical resemblance guarantee genetic similitude?
Is every face a variation of a mask?
How many participants were in the study of facial proportions?
Let us address facial proportions in a sample of 1470 healthy individuals (750 men, 720 women), aged 18-30, from Europe (780 participants from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia), the Middle East (180 participants from Egypt, Iran, Turkey), Asia (300 participants from India, Japan, Chinese from Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand) and Africa (210 participants from Angola, the Tonga and Zulu nations of Africa, and African-Americans from the United States). (1)
What are the canons of facial beauty?
Now, let us address the neoclassical canons of facial beauty, which have their origins in the works of Renaissance artists -- e.g., Leonardo DaVinci, Albrecht Dürer -- and were based on classical Greek canons; these canons were meant to guide artists. The neoclassical canons are described below and shown in Figures 1d-f.
What is the Caucasian face?
The beautiful Caucasian (European, Middle Easterner, Mediterranean) face is arguably the most pervasive “beautiful face image” in the media, and as such has been generally assumed to reflect ideal human beauty. That is, the beautiful Caucasian face is often assumed to bear a unique and close resemblance to the “Mask”.
Is it artificial to put people in categories?
It is somewhat artificial to put people into categories, since even people placed in the same category can have significant variations. However, to be able to “box up” or group people according to their similarities sometimes helps to better understand them with respect to the general tendencies of the group.
Does physical resemblance guarantee genetic similitude?
Although physical resemblance implies a probable genetic similarity it does not demand or guarantee a genetic similitude, particularly as a face approaches the “attractive” configuration of the archetypal mask. Face Variations. Face Variations by Age. Face Variations by Sex. Face Variations by Ethnic Group.
Is every face a variation of a mask?
Every human face is a variation on the mask . Some faces vary only slightly and others vary significantly. Most are somewhere in between. Individuals within the same ethnic group tend to vary from the mask in similar manners. No one ethnic group as a whole is necessarily a closer match in general to the mask than any other.
Introduction – Overview – Background
Repose Frontal View – Ethnic Variations
- The most important view of the face is the frontal view. It is in this view that we generally greet and converse with each other. For this reason, in order to be recognized as uniquely human, we have evolved to resemble the “Mask” (the visual code of humanness) most closely, and vary from it the least, in the frontal view. A face will almost always “fit” the Mask more closely in the Repos…
Repose Lateral View – Ethnic Variations
- There seems to be greater general variation from the mask in the lateral view. It is in this view that we retain more of our “individuality” with respect to our facial form. It is in this lateral view that men and women seem to vary to the greatest degree, that individuals within the same ethnic group display the greatest variance, and that the geographic races display their most significant …