ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - LEE STRAM

2011-06-22T20:40:00.001-04:00

Ricky Martin - The Best Thing About Me Is You

2011-06-21T20:52:00.000-04:00

Ricky Martin - The Best Thing About Me Is You por jimihubabua

Life in Balance.

2011-06-16T22:10:00.000-04:00

Many of you have been asking where I am these days...But I do have a question.: "Is there any way to have meaning in your life when you’re disconnected from everyone? I don’t think so…

Anyway, I hate when people discourage me about my choices, I hate most when I do the same thing with the one I love regarding the future by giving too much attention to what the others are saying.
I hate my vulnerability, I hate when I cannot keep thoughts just to myself and deal with them alone, I hate when I start to worry wondering that I am not good enough for anything or anybody…
I hate when I cannot find a place to fit in, I hate when I don’t know what is worse – my silence or my empty words…
I hate to distrust my feelings, I hate to put him in doubt!
I am really tired – tired of trying, tired of not doing anything. I feel like everyone around me can screw up and that’s OK, but if I screw up.

I have taken a break from web for while. I am still around of course, watching others on cam and chatting and working a lot. Days are passing by, faster than before and after all those weeks living together I know exactly what I want, but more than ever everyone is telling me that it’s just a fairy tale…

Miles away, tears, time difference, days, more tears…Shit, it’s not fair!!!

I had nightmares which is rare for someone like me that barely sleeps… I dreamt I was looking at the world from the other side of the window and all that I saw was people coming and going, the clouds moving across the sky too fast, ocean waves breaking on the beach, the birds flying in circles up high… I was alone.
I wish I could be a bird, I wish I could fly away, I wish the sky was the limit.

I wish I had someone I could be really close to, without fear of getting hurt day after day And that’s the reason why I have been considering strongly the possibility of committing “social suicide”. I am weird, with plenty of troubles, my days showing me that I’ve been doing the wrong thing...often I enjoy the fact that I can easily avoid or ignore people just because I don’t want to give them the answers which I don’t have…

Please, Dear Friends, don’t blame me, it will be better for everybody as I suppose no one loves to hear others complaints and at the moment I have nothing else to offer but this…

However in some ways I feel sorry for not making the best of my life but yet I accept me as I am."

Anyway, I've been so many places in my life and time I will post some photos here.

In the meantime, there have been so many new cuties on cam that I thought I would point out one of my favs.: Frederick Schimitz´s.

Marilyn Monroe - After you get what you want

2010-12-15T03:00:00.002-05:00

Symphony - Aquatic Male Beauty

2010-12-15T01:57:00.001-05:00

Live life fully...

2010-12-15T01:47:00.002-05:00

‎"Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.” - Anthony Robbins

Alegre-se na felicidade do outro

2010-09-14T19:07:00.005-04:00

Exercício do verdadeiro amor ao próximo

Algo que precisa ser tema de intensas e contínuas
...reflexões nos dias de hoje é, certamente, a tendência que temos de
sermos indiferentes aos outros.

É necessário refletirmos, pois a
reflexão é um importante instrumento que nos permite repensar muitos
pontos dentro de nós e, assim, mudarmos aquilo que não está adequado quando o que se quer é uma vida melhor.

Contudo, quando a indiferença é vencida, ou seja,
quando conseguimos pensar mais no outro, sensibilizando-nos com as
lágrimas que escorrem pela face conhecida ou não, precisamos pensar
também sobre até que ponto estamos conseguindo de fato sermos mais
humanos, mais amigos, mais companheiros.

Source by Planeta Educaçao

Memories of Dubai

2010-09-13T19:25:00.001-04:00

NEXT STOP

2010-09-13T18:26:00.002-04:00

HUMOR

2010-09-12T19:58:00.000-04:00

“Sports make you health"

2010-09-12T17:40:00.000-04:00

*The 5 Safest Olympic Disciplines of Beijing

Lindt Lindor Truffles and Roger Federer "Airport" 30sec TV Commercial

2010-09-12T11:03:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - CASSIO REIS

2010-09-11T19:48:00.000-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE - BERNARDO VELASCO

2010-09-11T19:43:00.000-04:00

Source by Lucio Luna

THE SEXIER SIDE - DAN SKINNER

2010-09-11T19:30:00.000-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Bernardo Velasco

2010-09-11T19:08:00.001-04:00

Source by Lucio Luna

TIME TO RELAX

2010-09-11T18:56:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - TODD SANFIELD

2010-09-11T18:51:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - JACK JEFFERSON

2010-09-11T17:48:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - JAMIE HANSON

2010-09-11T17:38:00.000-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Leandro Okabe

2010-09-11T15:56:00.000-04:00

Extreme Humor

2010-09-10T18:12:00.000-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE - JONAS SULZBACH

2010-09-10T18:08:00.000-04:00

THE HANDSOME - JONAS SULZBACH

2010-09-10T18:03:00.000-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Jonas Sulzbach

2010-09-10T17:56:00.000-04:00

Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

2010-09-10T17:49:00.000-04:00

Extreme Humor

2010-09-10T17:28:00.000-04:00

Extreme Humor

2010-09-10T17:25:00.000-04:00

Time to relax

2010-09-10T17:19:00.000-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Carlos Eduardo Parga

2010-09-10T15:30:00.001-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE - ELIEZER AMBROSIO

2010-09-10T15:13:00.001-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Daniel de Jesus

2010-09-10T14:58:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - ANDREW BEYERS

2010-09-10T14:44:00.000-04:00

The Sexier Side - Alexander Sharzgard

2010-09-10T14:40:00.000-04:00

Suits you sir, Out In Style - Theo Walcott

2010-09-10T14:35:00.003-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Diego Cristo

2010-09-10T12:37:00.000-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE - NICK OLIVA

2010-09-10T12:06:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS NICK OLIVA

2010-09-10T11:57:00.001-04:00

THE HANDSOME - SHARIF TABBAH

2010-09-10T11:44:00.000-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Daniel de Jesus

2010-09-08T19:55:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - FELIPE MARTINS

2010-09-08T19:43:00.001-04:00

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Felipe Martins

2010-09-08T19:39:00.001-04:00

Source by Attitude

THE SEXIER SIDE - MATTHEUS LIAN

2010-09-08T19:29:00.001-04:00

Source by Rick Day

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Mattheus Lian

2010-09-08T19:23:00.001-04:00

Source by Rick Day

THE HANDSOME - Mattheus Lian

2010-09-08T19:19:00.001-04:00

Source by Rick Day

Ah, este Brasil lindo e trigueiro - Diego Miguel

2010-09-08T19:06:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-08T15:00:00.001-04:00

J´Adore Football

2010-09-08T14:55:00.001-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE

2010-09-08T14:35:00.001-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE

2010-09-08T14:33:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-08T14:30:00.001-04:00

So for once in my life...

2010-09-08T12:46:00.001-04:00

"So for once in my life let me get what I want. Lord knows, it would be the first time. Lord knows, it would be the first time"

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-08T10:43:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-08T10:41:00.000-04:00

J´Adore Football

2010-09-08T10:24:00.000-04:00

J´Adore Football

2010-09-08T10:19:00.000-04:00

J´Adore Sport- CAUÃ REYMOND

2010-09-07T19:32:00.001-04:00

THE HANDSOME - RAPHAEL LAZZINI

2010-09-07T19:27:00.001-04:00

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY BRAZIL

2010-09-07T15:02:00.001-04:00

Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on Brazil’s Independence Day

2010-09-06T22:14:00.000-04:00

One hundred and eighty-eight years ago, the United States was the very first country to recognize Brazil’s independence. This September 7th, we again join Brazilians around the world in celebrating your rich culture, your history of achievement, and to honor the close friendship between our two countries.

When I visited Brazil in March, I had the opportunity to meet with leaders in government, the private sector, students, and so many others working to improve the quality of life for all Brazilians. Brazil’s leadership on climate change and clean energy, on food security and income equality, on social inclusion and education has earned regional and international recognition. Your upcoming elections are an opportunity to demonstrate once again that respect for democratic governance, civil rights and individual liberties is the surest path to prosperity. These common values are the foundation for the strong partnership between our countries as we work together to address the regional and global challenges of our time.

Whether you celebrate this day by watching the parade on the Esplanada, or enjoying the air show in the skies of Brasilia, or simply gathering with friends and family, you represent the progress that Brazil has made and will continue to make in the years ahead. I wish all Brazilians a safe and happy Independence Day celebration. And I look forward to continuing the close relationship between our countries, not only this year but in the years ahead, as we work together toward a safer, more peaceful, prosperous world.

Surce by http://still4hill.wordpress.com/

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY BRAZIL - September 7

2010-09-06T21:32:00.002-04:00

Celebrating Brazil's Day of Independence! - September 7

2010-09-06T18:56:00.002-04:00

When the Spanish explorer Vicente Yáñez Pinzón drifted ashore in northern Brazil in January 1500, he sawthe Amazon, but could claim none of it for Spain, according to the terms of the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillaswhich divided the Americas (and the rest of the world) between Spain and Portugal. Instead, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral who came ashore in May 1500, is recognized as the discoverer of Brazil.The first settlement was founded until 1532 as São Vicente founded in 1532.

Steadily pushing the indigenous tribes back over the next three centuries, the Portuguese colonists planted sugar plantations, imported slaves from Africa, exploited the vast stands of lumber, built cities and mined gold and other minerals and gemstones and became extraordinarily wealthy.

With Napoleon and the Peninsular Wars, and the invasion and occupation of Spain and Portugal, Dom João VI, the seventeenth king of Portugal, fled Lisbon and established his court in Rio de Janeiro, where for the next 13 years, he ruled Portugal’s Asian, African, and American colonies. Although Dom João VI (1769-1826) never ruled over an independent Brazil, historians call him the "Founder of the Brazilian Nationality." One of his major contributions to the growth of Brazil was opening the colony's ports to free trade with friendly nations, thus signaling a marked change in trade and the resulting improved consequence of Brazil. Additionally, Dom João VI spearheaded the founding of the Academia Naval (Naval Academy), Hospital Militar (Military Hospital), Arquivo Militar (Military Archives), Jardim Botânico (Botanic Garden), Intendência Geral de Polícia (Police Commissariat), Real Biblioteca (Royal Library), the Banco do Brasil (Bank of Brazil), and the gunpowder factory. With the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, he thought it safe to make Brazil another kingdom equal to Portugal. He also decided to remain in Brazil.

The Portuguese government disagreed with both decisions and in 1820 sent troops to assist his relocation to Portugal where the army headed a revolution designed to bring about a constitutional government with Dom João as the constitutional monarch. Dom João returned to Portugal, leaving his 23-year-old son Pedro as prince regent of Brazil. Pedro actively engaged in enlisting support from both able advisors and the people of Brazil.

With revolutions and the desire for independence active in other Latin American countries, Pedro realized Brazil would soon wish for the same. With the support of the Brazilian people and the Brazilian Senate who had bestowed on him the title of Defensor e Protetor Perpétuo do Brasil, Protector and Perpetual Defender of Brazil, he defied an order to return to Portugal. When the Portuguese parliament wished to return Brazil to colonial status, Pedro seized the moment. On September 7, 1822, after receiving orders from the Portuguese parliament limiting his powers in Brazil, Pedro declared Brazil’s independence near the Ipiranga River in São Paulo. Tearing the Portuguese blue and white insignia from his uniform, Pedro drew his sword, and swore: "By my blood, by my honor, and by God: I will make Brazil free." Their motto, he said, would be Independência ou Morte, Independence or Death! This statement is known as the Grito do Ipiranga.

Pedro de Alcântara Francisco Antônio João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim de Bragança e Bourbom, became Dom Pedro I, the first emperor of Brazil and ruled for nine years.

Dom Pedro hired Admiral Thomas Cochrane, one of Britain's most successful naval commanders in the Napoleonic Wars and recently commander of the Chilean naval forces against Spain and others to drive the Portuguese out of Bahia, Maranhão, and Pará, and to force those areas to replace Lisbon's rule with that of Rio de Janeiro.

After a series of skirmishes and setbacks, international recognition of Brazil came when Britain and Portugal recognized Brazilian independence by signing a treaty on August 29, 1825. However, internal politics, wars with neighboring countries and the difficulties of establishing an independent country led to Dom Pedro I’s abdication in 1831. Leaving his five year old son, Pedro de Alcantara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Franciso Xavier de Paula Leocadio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança e Borbón (1825-1891), in the care of three regents, Dom Pedro sailed to Europe.

The regency was an uneasy one but when Dom Pedro II was crowned emperor on July 18, 1841 at the age of 14, it was hoped that the second empire would be one of national unity, peace, and prosperity. Dom Pedro II reigned for 49 years and is acknowledged as one of the most able monarchs of his time. He ruled until 1889 when Brazil was proclaimed a Republic. celebrating Brazil's Day of Independence!

Source by Bonnie Hamre, former About.com Guide

QUELS BEAUX YEUX

2010-09-05T19:19:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T19:12:00.000-04:00

J´adore Sport

2010-09-05T19:07:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T19:02:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T18:50:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T18:43:00.002-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T18:30:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-05T18:27:00.001-04:00

QUELS BEAUX YEUX

2010-09-04T19:32:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - DANNY PEREZ

2010-09-04T19:28:00.000-04:00

The sexier side - Jonathan

2010-09-04T19:22:00.000-04:00

Source by Rick Day

Sum, ergo edo - Dominic Nel

2010-09-04T19:18:00.000-04:00

THE HANDSOME - DAVID WILLIANS

2010-09-04T19:05:00.002-04:00

The Egyptian God of Beauty - Tarek Naguib

2010-09-04T13:00:00.002-04:00

The Ancient Egyptian Concept of Beauty

2010-09-04T12:06:00.001-04:00

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this is never more true than seen over time and between different cultures. Over time, our concept of beauty seems to fluctuate, particularly concerning people, sometimes favoring rather heavy individuals and at other times very skinny ones. In different cultures, parts of the body may be purposefully exaggerated in the name of beauty, the effects of which might even seem grotesque to those of another culture. For example, various tribes throughout the world use different methods to lengthen necks, exaggerate mouths, ears and even the shape of the head.

Nevertheless, there does appear to be certain classical concepts of beauty that are not inconsistent with many of our modern views, and it would seem that the ancient Egyptian concepts of beauty are not very different, at least in regards to the human form. At the same time, Egyptians seem to have been just as influenced by beauty, if not more so, than we are in our modern world. Indeed, it seems at time that beauty may have even been a part concept related to ma'at, the order that Egyptian's saw in their world.

For example, foreign lands were considered by the ancient Egyptians to be a part of chaos, the opposite of ma'at, and foreigners are very often depicted in a form very different than the ancient Egyptians themselves, and in a very different artistic style. Frequently, they may even be represented in a more realistic, and much less idealistic style. A classical example is that of the Queen of Punt recorded during the reign of Hatshepsut, but prisoners were very often represented in very less than ideal forms.

Our evidence on how the ancient Egyptians viewed beauty comes from many different sources, including pictorial, sculptures in the round and various textual. Much of it affirms a specific model of beauty, particularly in individuals and perhaps even more specifically in females.

Foreigners from Ramesses III Temple at Medinet Habu, depicted almost in the style of Egyptian women

Sometimes, ancient Egyptians did not have specific words that relate to modern conceptual ideas. For example, there seems to have been no real term that referred to art in general. At other times, they developed a number of conceptual terms for certain ideas. An example of this is the concept of beauty. In studying the ancient Egyptian's idea of beauty, it is useful to examine the many words they used for this concept.

There were two adjectives that were used to describe beautiful things, or beautiful people, consisting of "n" and "nfr". The term nfr, which is usually written as nefer in modern Egyptological works, was one of the most common, used in names and even sometimes used up until the present day. There are also substantives and even verbs related to this term. The verbs derived from nfr include snfr, which means beautifully or embellished. nfrw or nfr, and later bw nfr, may also be used as an abstract concept of beauty. And while the term nfr or nfrt may be used to describe a man or a woman, the term appears to have more significance than simply meaning a beautiful person. In fact, these terms often refer to a specific category of individual, and they can reveal something of what the Egyptians regarded as beautiful. For example, a young women referred to as nfrwt is sometimes described as "never having been opened in childbirth" as in the Westcar Papyrus. We find at Ramesses III's palace at Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor (ancient Thebes) a list of captured foreigners including a reference to nfrwt as a category of female between child and mature woman. Nfrw, the masculine version of the same word, is found in several instances when it clearly refers to young men or young people. In one instance, it can even be translated as "recruits". Certain cows are even referenced as nfrwt.

We might also examine a number of phrases or terms that include the adjective nfr. Imntt nfrt, for example, meaning "the Beautiful West", is found often in tombs and funerary texts to describe the city of the dead. Hdt refers to the White Crown of Upper Egypt, but sometimes we see the phrase hdt nfrt and sometimes even nfrt. The king is very often described as the ntr nfr, an epithet which is generally translated as "the Good God," but the "Beautiful God" is also an accurate meaning. However, in a coregency, the term ntr nfr is used to designate the more youthful ruler. In this situation, the older ruler, usually the father, is referred to as ntr'3, meaning the "Great God." In this regard, even though the younger ruler may not be so young, the younger of the two is referred to as nfr.

Indeed. the connection that seems to exist between youth and the descriptive term nfr may be an important clue to understanding the ancient Egyptian concept of beauty. In Egyptian art, the ideal form is a youthful and slim figure with narrow hips, which anthropometric studies of pharaonic mummies have revealed is a fair representation of reality, at least in the case of Egyptian women. Furthermore, their hip to shoulder proportions are not greatly different from those found in male Egyptian mummies. While both sexes may be depicted in this way, representations of males are more likely to vary from the ideal.

In fact, age, when women are depicted, is most often represented subtly, in the form of a slightly drooping derriere, subtly sagging breasts or pouching cheeks, occasionally with horizontal lines across the torso, indicating an increased weight. Usually, the artistic elements are detectable only by close examination and comparison of with other representations. One of the most famous and explicit representations of youth and age in a woman's body is that of the funerals of Nebamun and Ipuky, who both married the same woman. The two funerals are depicted as taking place simultaneously. The representations of the widow show her with bared breasts both firm, and then drooping with a change in profile to suggest a sagging chin in the older version of the woman.

However, representations of the king are often particularly subtle. One must look for almost imperceptible clues that may suggest advancing age of a ruler. For example, in studying numerous depictions of Amenhotep III and his family, it was discovered that the king's torso was depicted as being somewhat thicker than that of other men.

Yet, during various periods of Egyptian history, wealthy tomb owners sometimes wished to emphasize their sagacity, and therefore actually had themselves represented as older men. Tomb scenes could show aged courtiers, who were depicted with toothless faces and heavy sagging bellies. In fact, during the Amarna Period, bowing elderly court functionaries appear in many of the scenes behind the figure of the king and queen. Note however that wrinkles are rarely shown on either sex, and gray hair is very rare. In fact, the Ebers Papyrus contains remedies not only for wrinkles, but also for baldness and graying hair, indicating that the ancient Egyptians, like their modern counterparts, at least attempted to retain the appearance of youth during their lifetimes.

Clearly, the attributes of youth were considered beautiful in ancient Egypt, but we may also examine more precise elements that were considered beautiful in an individual. In love poetry, as well as hymns to Hathor, the goddess of beauty, some sense of what was considered physically beautiful in people may be found. For example, in many poems, Hathor is defined as "golden," which might be a reference to her complexion. Indeed, the skin of gods was often represented in gold.

In the Papyrus of Chester Beatty I, the writer is explicit, mentioning his beloved scent, her hair, her eyes and her buttocks. From the same papyrus, another romantic poem describes the object of his affection as being ""bright" of skin, her arm "more brilliant than gold," long-necked and "white-breasted," hair of "genuine lapis lazuli," (blue?) and fingers like lotus blooms. It also mentions her beautiful thighs and heavy buttocks. He also admired her swift walk, sweet voice and, an age old compliment from men, her ability to know when to stop talking.

Scent and color both seem important elements in many erotic texts, where the lover might desire to see the color of his beloved's limbs. In a Third Intermediate Period (25th Dynasty) hymn, recorded on the Louvre stela C100, there is a description of the priestess Mutirdis, who has locks of hair black as night and dark as "wine-grapes," "brilliant" arms, firm breasts and a complexion "like jasper."

Females are referred to much more in terms of beauty than are men. However, in the "Blinding of Truth by falsehood," a woman desires Truth, a man more handsome than anyone else in the country. She bears his child, who looks like a young god. Hatshepsut also tells us, at Deir el-Bahri, that when the god Amun appears in the bedroom of her mother, Queen Ahmes, her mother is awakened by his divine fragrance, which permeates the whole palace as they make love. Hatshepsut herself is described as appearing before her subjects with skin like electrum (a silver-gold alloy) and smelling like all the perfumes of Punt. Clearly, an alluring scent is connected in the ancient Egyptian mind with divine beauty.

At other times, beauty is described indirectly by analogy or simile. For example, in Papyrus Harris 500, a poem written fairly late in Egypt's pharaonic history (about 500 BC) with a female narrator describes herself as being like a field planted with sweet-smelling herbs. She also compares her love's voice to pomegranate wine. This is reminiscent of an amazing talking pomegranate tree mentioned in Papyrus Turin 1966, which compares a beloved's teeth to pomegranate seeds and her breasts to the whole fruit. We are not so sure why the teeth would be compared to pomegranate seeds, however.

Similarly, a male of Cairo Vase 25218 says that he feels immersed in perfume when he embraces his beloved, as if he were in the land of incense. He also claims to be drunk "without beer" when he kisses her.

Color is also important in nonliterary depictions of the ideal form. Men are almost universally shown with red or reddish-brown skin. Women are frequently shown with paler skins, although the color used by artists varies over time. In Old Kingdom representations, we see women with pinkish white skin. During the Middle and early New Kingdom, their skin is often yellowish. Later in the New Kingdom, the shades returned to pink or were pale orange. Goddesses, on the other hand, had yellow or "golden" skin throughout the New Kingdom.

Only during the Amarna Period do we sometimes find male and female with the same, darker reddish skin color. Some Egyptologists have attempted to explain this color variation as the work of the sun. Hence, upper class women remained indoors while men were out in the sun, so that a lighter-skinned woman appeared more aristocratic. Indeed, men depicted with newly shaved heads are often represented with a paler scalp than the rest of their skin, and elderly men are sometimes also shown with paler skin. However, there was also doubtless symbolic meaning. Certainly this is true for the skin of goddesses.

Beauty in humans as well as in other animals or objects may also have included symmetry as a necessary component. In both art and architecture the ancient Egyptians favored the rectilinear geometric outline over the curved. Therefore the ideal male body may be summarized as being bounded by two triangles. One is that of the torso, consisting of broad shoulders exaggerated in two-dimensional images by frontal positioning and a narrow waist, shown in three quarter view. The other is the striding legs. The bodies of women were tailored to fit within a long rectangle. Their shoulders were of course narrower than the male's and the feet were together or with one slightly advanced. Only during the Amarna Period does this ideal symmetry vary, but that period's art is so profoundly different than the remainder of Egyptian history as to be a subject unto itself. It is also likely that, though royal depictions and even those of common people varied considerably during this period reflecting a new form of official royal beauty, the idea of real beauty probably did not change among the general population. In fact, the royal bust of Nefertiti, the wife of Akhenaten (founder of the Amarna Period) was, and is considered to be a classical example of female beauty (or at least of facial features).

The Bust of Nefertiti, now in Berlin

The elite who commissioned tombs are depicted in much the same way as those of royalty, for the most part. Drastic departures from the slim, youthful and healthy norm are seen primarily in those of lower status. For example, pattern baldness is depicted in representations of herdsmen and other lower class males. Even for the lower classes, age and obesity are rarely shown in women.

Sculptures in the round also seem to portray what the Egyptians believed to be beautiful. Kings are frequently depicted as very powerful humans, with well formed and well toned muscles. Women, on the other hand, or represented in the round as slender, graceful forms. On the other hand those, particularly non-royal statuary, may at times be more realistic. We find many touching statues of more common people who do not exactly fit the ideal form, and so therefore it may seem that statuary was less of an indication of perfect beauty than that of paintings and reliefs.

It is not only people who may be described as beautiful. In Papyrus Turin 1966, a sycamore fig is described as being beautiful. It has leaves greener than turquoise, branches like faience, wood the color of feldspar and fruits as red as jasper. The beautiful jewel-like colors of the tree are an integral part of its beauty. There are many other instances of descriptions related to beautiful inanimate objects, including that of the Nile, the Western mountains and even Egypt itself. It is also clear that Egyptians saw beauty in many other objects that are even to this day beautiful to us. This obviously includes many items of jewelry, ornate boxes and items made of pottery and various stone, and these items that we see today in museums speak to us of the ancient Egyptian's love of beauty.

Source by Maggie Rutherford

QUELS BEAUX YEUX

2010-09-04T10:08:00.000-04:00

Sum, ergo edo - Joseph Sayers

2010-09-04T09:39:00.000-04:00

Sum, ergo edo

2010-09-03T19:38:00.001-04:00

Its Definitely A Chocolate

THE SEXIER SIDE - ROB PACICCA

2010-09-03T19:29:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-03T19:22:00.000-04:00

QUELS BEAUX YEUX

2010-09-03T19:18:00.000-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE - PEDRO FERNANDES

2010-09-02T19:13:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-02T18:53:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS

2010-09-02T18:49:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - PEDRO FERNANDES

2010-09-02T18:22:00.001-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - JEFF TOMSIK

2010-09-02T15:57:00.001-04:00

Source by Greg Vaugha - Joe Oppedisano - yvymag.com

Quels beaux yeux: Rob Pacicca

2010-09-01T19:45:00.001-04:00

Quels beaux yeux - Joe Griffith

2010-09-01T19:37:00.000-04:00

OUT IN STYLE

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THE SEXIER SIDE - JONAS SULZBACH

2010-09-01T19:17:00.002-04:00

THE SEXIER SIDE

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THE SEXIER SIDE

2010-09-01T17:36:00.000-04:00

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - PAUL BRUMBLE

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ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - IVAN SCANNELL

2010-09-01T16:11:00.001-04:00

et dieu...créa L´homme.: Ivan Scannell

Source by David Vance (photographer)

ABS-SOLUTELY GORGEOUS - ANTHONY GALLO

2010-09-01T14:29:00.000-04:00

Source by Rick Day and yvymag.com

THE SEXIER SIDE

2010-09-01T13:53:00.000-04:00

Source by Rick Day

THE SEXIER SIDE - JOHN WILLIANS

2010-09-01T13:39:00.001-04:00

"The brave person is unperturbed, as far as a human being can be."

Source by Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin.

THE HANDSOME - MATTHEW BOMER

2010-09-01T13:24:00.000-04:00