Numeric expression of aesthetics and beauty

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Atiyeh, B S ^a   Hayek, S N ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Beauty; Harmonic profile; Ideal proportions; Numeric expression

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ART; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BEAUTY; ESTHETICS; FACE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PAINTINGS;

EID: 40149110520     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9074-x     Document Type: Review

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