Department of Orthodontics, "Sacred Heart", Catholic University of Roma, Italy.
Prog Orthod. 2010;11(1):13-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pio.2010.04.003. Epub 2010 May 11.
Since a long time has gone from their definitions, the authors' aim was to determine whether or not the neoclassical canons are still valid to describe the facial beauty in Italian women.
The photographs of 50 italian models selected for an important beauty contest were obtained. All the pictures were taken by a professional photographer with a professional digital reflex camera with a millimeter-graduated scale white background. All the pictures were printed in 1:1 dimensions. Eleven neoclassical canons were measured and the results statistically evaluated.
The results of the present study showed that the medium face third is reduced when compared to the upper and the lower thirds and that the two upper quarters of the face are decreased if compared to the two lower quarters (p<0.01). The nose height was smaller than ear height and the nose width smaller than 1/4 of facial width. In 72% of cases the ear axis was steeper than the nose. The intercanthal width in this study resulted smaller than nose width and smaller than eye width (p<0.05). Mouth width was greater than 150% of nose width.
It can be concluded that some of the neoclassical canons can be considered still valid, while others seem to be changed over centuries. In particular it seems that relatives reductions in facial medium third, in nose dimensions and in distance between eyes have occurred as well as relative enlargement of eyes and mouth width.
由于这些定义已经存在很长时间，作者旨在确定新古典主义准则是否仍然适用于描述意大利女性的面部美。
从一项重要的选美比赛中选择了 50 名意大利模特的照片。所有照片均由专业摄影师使用带毫米刻度的白色背景专业数码单反相机拍摄。所有照片均按 1:1 尺寸打印。测量了 11 个新古典主义准则，并对结果进行了统计学评估。
本研究的结果表明，与上下三分之一相比，中面部三分之一减少，与下两个四分之一相比，上两个四分之一减少（p<0.01）。鼻高小于耳高，鼻宽小于面部宽度的 1/4。在 72%的情况下，耳轴比鼻子更陡峭。本研究中的内眦宽度小于鼻宽且小于眼宽（p<0.05）。口宽大于鼻宽的 150%。
可以得出结论，一些新古典主义准则仍然可以被认为是有效的，而其他准则似乎在几个世纪以来已经发生了变化。特别是，面部中三分之一、鼻子尺寸和眼睛之间距离的相对减少以及眼睛和口宽的相对增大似乎已经发生。
