Thursday, February 12, 2009

Pure Perfection?

Ok so what is pure perfection in someone in terms of looks? if i could answer that then, well i would know something rest of the world doesn't know. Take the mona lisa for example. It's one of the most famous paintings of all time. It is said to be a symbol of beauty. On a closer look though you notice the male features mixed within mona lisas face. here's a picture...


upon a closer look you see Da Vinci's face as an underlayer...

Setting aside the fact that most artists paint themselves , sometimes self conciously in their work, is the ultimate beauty a mix of male and female...aka androgy
nous?
Personally i find androgynous people to be gorgeous. here is an example.
so...here's and experiment..what if i took according to the internet the two most beautiful common day people and morph them together...


aka eva mendes and brad pitt
hmm..not so attractive? or maybe just a little bit? So what about having male and female features makes certain people so captivating? Maybe one could relate this to the theory in life that everyone is a little bit bisexual. Many people especially republicans hahaahah,( ok sorry not so funny ) would definitely disagree with me. I personally believe it though. I feel that we are all somewhat attracted to our own gender...hence why people that share female and male traits are so desirable. Androgynous actors are popping up all over the place. Take for example the actress in the show  the L word. aka shane. She is now known internationally as probably one of the most desirable women, not only in the lesbian culture but also to many straight girls. you want to know why? because she has male features. this brings me back to my theory on why the mona lisa is looked at to be a rare unusual beauty..her androgyny. back in the day there probably weren't to many androgynous people in paintings, thus when da vinci painted himself mixed with a female it shed a new light on beauty. it made people stop and look and pay attention because it was something different then what was usually portrayed in paintings. i feel this might be the whole reason why the mona lisa became so popular. the unusual take on a woman.

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