PERCEPTIONS OF HUMAN BODY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Perceptions of the Human Body in Europe

Perceptions of the Human Body in Early Modern Europe

Introduction

The Early Modern Europe was reffered to the time period of the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Indutrial Ages. A rough idea of the time span of the Early Modern Europe was from the fifteenth century ot the Eighteenth century. There were many historic events that took place in the era of the Early Modern Europe. These events were full of the involvement of human body in different aspects. Human body was used in wars, different art forms, historic games and sports, etc. There was great importance of the human body in the era of the Early Modern Europe.

The concept of body image is used in many disciplines, including psychology, medicine, psychiatry, philosophy and cultural studies, and feminist studies. The human body perception is changing with time. There are different perceptions of the human body in different countries and religion. In the Early Modern Europe, the human body had different perceptions. The different perceptions of the human body that were considered by the people of the Early Modern Europe include:

Human body as a form of art.

Human body as a from of expression.

Human Human as a sign of beauty.

Human body as an object for educational purpose.

These were the most prominent perceptions that were considered of the human body in the Early Modern Europe Society. The basic purpose of this paper is to discuss the different perceptions of the human body that were considered in the Early Modern Europe.

Human Body and Gender Differences

Throughout the period of early modern Europe, sexuality became intrinsically connected to modern conceptions concerning the biological differences between female and male bodies. The lack of equality in sexual relationships is based on essentialist notions of universal passive femininity, preventing the establishment of egalitarian relations between the genders in other areas (O'Reilly, 2009, pp. 136). A comparative analysis of the transformation of real sexual scripts of different groups of women is particularly important. Theoretical analysis of the evolution of women's sexual standards in different contexts develops a sociological understanding of the power aspects of female sexuality.

The role of women have always been an integral part of the Early Modern Eurome time span. Women have impacted on the society to a great extent by fulfilling various relationships. These relationships include the relation of a mother, sister, daughter, etc. Power is an integral part of sexual relations, which are traditionally developed in the context of the economic and social inequalities between men and women (Egmond & Zwijnenberg, 2003, pp. 123). Some changes took place in the Early Modern Europe era and the gap between the male and female gender was reduced to some extent. These changes, however, hardly affected the sphere of sexual relations, which is still associated with inequality.

Human Body and Beauty

Europeans have always believed that beauty is real. History is accountable for the beauty of the women of the Early Modern ...