To this day preserved figurines of ancient women. On the modern view, they do not differ nothing remarkable - a common consequence of matriarchy, during which the head was kind of woman. Whereas most valued health, because only a healthy woman can produce a healthy offspring.
Ancient Greeks evolved much more - a woman they saw the merger of harmony. Statues depicting goddesses: young perfect bodies, peaceful, soothing facial. Their whole appearance spoke of harmony and freedom, however, real women were far from perfect. Similar statues and the Romans did, they represented only existing women present.
In the Middle Ages, the ideal woman was the Mother of God: grieving gray face, dark clothing. All flesh was banned as sinful and diabolical. Development of productive forces has brought growing prosperity to citizens, and the Virgin Mary once prettier - garments became bright, her cheeks flushed and widened.
Renaissance freed the human body from the church prohibitions and flesh broke free. Women were portrayed in luxury: wide hips, big breasts, massive buttocks, tight waist. Beauty breathed health, and increasingly portrayed ladies in their prime years, has given birth or pregnancy.
In the era of absolutism highly valued distinctive quality of the aristocracy - totally unsuitable to work. In fashion were thin hands, small feet and pampered body with white skin. Emphasis was placed on wasp waist, and belonging to the upper class were given blue veins stood out. In honor since then and for a long time, youth, beautiful portraits is now no more than 22 years. Gradually pregnant women portraits replace courtesan, on behalf of which you can see the vice and lust.
However, the development of capitalism once again brings the fashion of naturalness. Women are portrayed in motion - that is visible leg, exposing while fun games outdoors.
At the end of the century ΧІΧ appear on the stage of a new type of woman - the beautiful demi: half-naked dancers legs variety show, a courtesan and a prostitute, which surprised her fragile individual artist.
The beginning of the last century brings fashion to the masculine or "asexual" Women: short haircuts, baggy clothes, stern faces with furrowed brows. Thighs flat, small breasts, figure emphasized sports. Not a woman, but a real battle revolutionary comrade.
The Second World War in the wake sexy woman. In fashion provocatively sexy babes with curvaceous and alluring lips. Bikinis and mini skirts with wide screens reduce men mad.
Now female beauty has become a trademark. Belle does not seek to marry, preferring podiums and movie studios housework and child care. Well, this is the modern time, but you can certainly say that the usual values, which keeps life itself, can not be forgotten, and everything will be back to square one.