I was drawn like lightning just a few moments ago to Michelle Phan’s FB plug on her post about the Golden Ratio of Beauty, not because I was desperate to find out what the Golden Ratio was (we’re deeper than that, right, Marianas Trench?), but because for history’s sake and for human reason I wanted to hear her thoughts on the matter.
- However, Marquardt's mask is associated with numerous problems. The method used to examine goodness of fit with the proportions in the mask is faulty. The mask is ill-suited for non-European populations, especially sub-Saharan Africans and East Asians. The mask also appears to approximate the face shape of masculinized European women.
- The Marquardt Beauty Mask identifies facial characteristics that are universally perceived as beautiful.
- Kim 16 reported that Marquardt’s mask is convenient for facial analytics, and Bashour 1 has claimed that Marquardt’s mask is a suitable tool for developing an objective system to assess facial beauty. However, Marquardt’s mask is associated with a number of problems.
The “Golden Ratio” refers to the idea of measuring beauty in relation to the number Pi. Phan posted a visual, using a geometric mask which was patented by Dr. Stephen R. Marquardt in 2001.
The “Golden Ratio” refers to the idea of measuring beauty in relation to the number Pi. Phan posted a visual, using a geometric mask which was patented by Dr. Marquardt in 2001. Marquardt is a pioneering plastic surgeon whom currently researches human attractiveness after retiring from active surgical practice of 27 years. He produced the 'Beauty Mask' which uses the Golden Ratio (through Golden decagons, triangles, pentagons and line dissections): shown to the right.
Marquardt Beauty Mask Application
Dr. Marquardt, a retired surgeon who was also once Chief of Facial Imaging in UCLA, now focuses on research in human attractiveness in California and remains an active member of the Societies of Maxillofacial Surgeons. Here is what Marquardt’s patented mathematical mask looks like applied to a photo of Angelina Jolie’s face.
image source: http://www.everyoung.co.nz/
Michelle Phan blogs according to research as defined by the Marquardt mask:
“In terms of facial beauty, here are the ratios that define “perfect beauty”:
- The ratio of the length of the face to its width is approximately 1.6. That means that the face is about 1.5 times longer than it is wide.
- The face is then divided into three sections: hairline to right in between the eyes, from between the eyes to the bottom of the nose, and from the bottom of the nose to the very bottom of the chin. The lengths of each of these segments should be about equal.
- Ear length should be equal to nose length, and the width of an eye should be equal to the distance between the eyes.” source link: http://www.michellephan.com/post/beauty-school-the-golden-ratio
Stephen Marquardt
In the corner of my heart I am originally a Michelle “PhanGirl” in spite of everything she isn’t or what people point her out to be, she got me started on beauty even before Lisa Eldridge even came into the picture for me. In my opinion physical beauty, while being a great gift, is secondary to who you really are and how you help shape your world in the fullness of your purpose for the Lord. Check out Michelle’s thoughts on the Golden Ratio here at her blog post.
Hold on a minute…whatcha doing with that ruler? LOL…