Haywood, Mark (2007) Morphologies of beauty evolutionary psychology and the genetically relayed appeal of biomorphic design. In: Design History Society Annual Conference, Sept 2006, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Full text not available from this repository.
Abstract
The research follows from Hayward's doctoral work on the correspondence between Classicism art's canons of proportions for the "ideal" female body and recent findings in evolutionary psychology (Singh) that suggested an unconcious preference for such morphologies may be genetically relayed, as they are also visible indicators of health and fertility.
The possibility that the Classical body canons may have at least in part been a cultural realisation of a pre-existing subconcious preference enables a radical re-evaluation of the endurance of certain morphological tropes of female beauty (cupiditas) in art and culture.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | Design and Knowledge Production: Visual Representation of an Epidemic |
| Publisher: | Delft University of Technology |
| ISSN: | 9789051550320 |
| Departments: | Academic Departments > Institute of Arts (IOA) > Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Insight Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2010 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2024 19:45 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/548 |
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