Global facial beautification in Paris
Aesthetic Surgery Pr. Meningaud
For Aristotle, there are three objective criteria of beauty: symmetry, harmony of proportion and precision. For Charles Auguste Baud [1], function is an intrinsic criterion of beauty.
A beautiful face implies orthognathic (good congruence of the dental arches, good permeability of the upper aero-digestive tract, a functional oculo-motor apparatus (the beauty of the gaze), good motor skills (a beautiful face is smiling), and so on.
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Professor Meningaud in West Paris
Sensory experience shows us, however, that these academic criteria are not enough to define beauty. For example, a strictly symmetrical face does not appear beautiful to us. Digital photography offers the possibility of recomposing completely left- or right-handed faces by inverting and reattaching half the image.
Experimental psychology studies have significantly established that the human eye prefers faces with a left and right side, i.e. slightly asymmetrical. Comparison is not a reason, but the towers of Notre Dame de Paris are not symmetrical, and yet this cathedral is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.
[1] Baud Ch-A. Hamonie du visage. Etude scientifique de la beauté appliquée en chirurgie esthétique. Paris : Maloine, 1978:18-22.