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12-29-2009, 09:02 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Riverside, ca.
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Life's a "mean" thing
Ok, old stuff, yes; but with a scientific twist to it.
I didn't write it. I didn't make it up, I just find this stuff. [Source] Why some shapes are more pleasing to the eye than others The ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Parthenon of Athens, Mona Lisa’s face and the head of George Clooney all have one thing in common. Their attractiveness is said to be based on the “golden ratio”, which is supposed to be the most aesthetically pleasing shape to the human eye. “Scanning left to right is five times faster than scanning up and down and that is largely due to the left or right eye taking over when the opposite eye gives up. When you scan vertically, it’s like having just one eye. The eyes are also arranged on a horizontal axis, which happens to fit in with the landscape,” he said.And so it all boils down to... A recent study by scientists at the University of Toronto found that female faces were judged the most attractive if the vertical distance between the eyes and the mouth was approximately 36 per cent of the face’s length, and the horizontal distance between the eyes was approximately 46 per cent of the facial width. This was also the proportions of the average face.So, if you will excuse me, my wife is asleep now. So I'm gonna sneak in, ruler in hand, and finally find out what makes our relationship tick. See? this stuff ain't so hard, after all! Fred
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