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“Circassian Beauties” became a mainstay of sideshows until the late 19th century, attracting American audiences fascinated by the “exotic Orient”. [7] In the 1860s, the American showman P. T. Barnum exhibited women who he claimed were Circassian beauties.
Exotic figures in Jules Migonney's Venus mauresque. Exoticism (from exotic) is a trend in art and design where creators become fascinated with ideas and styles from distant regions and draw inspiration from them. This often involves surrounding foreign cultures with mystique and fantasy which owe more to the culture of the people doing the ...
[337] [338] In one study, beautiful people were found to be generally happier than less beautiful or plain people, perhaps because these outgoing personality traits are linked to happiness, or perhaps because beauty led to increased economic benefits which partially explained the increased happiness. [190]
Ester Honig, a human interest reporter, sent out a photograph of herself to 40 different photo editors in 25 different countries and gave them a single task -- to make her look beautiful.
Photography has been used to create images of nudity that fit into any category; artistic, educational, commercial, and erotic. In the artistic case, nude photography is a fine art because it is focused aesthetics and creativity; any erotic interest, though often present, is secondary. [17]
Erotica includes works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions, such as the portrayal of the human anatomy and sexuality with high-art aspirations, differentiating such work from commercial pornography.
One of the earliest references to qualities later associated with the canonical Four Great Beauties appears in the Zhuangzi.In one chapter, the women Mao Qiang and Lady Li are described as "great beauties" who "when fish see them they dart into the depths, when birds see them they soar into the skies, when deer see them they bolt away without looking back".
A hybrid of a wild serval and a domestic cat, the Savannah is one exotic pet that turns heads. With its long, graceful body, large ears, and wild appearance, it’s no wonder these cats cost ...