The construction of human body - from model to reality

Vol. 46 No. 1, 2005

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

A. Motoc, Marilena Motoc, S. Bolintineanu, Corina Musuroi, M. Munteanu

The human bodybuilding represented a complex research topic for the scientist in the most diverse domains. Although their interests and reasons were different, the goal was always the same: establishing a relation to verify the ratio between the dimensions of the constituent segments. It appears that the mystery was solved out in the XIX-th century by Adolf Zeising, a German, who, using the statistic calculus, defined the division of a segment by the gold section. This purely mathematic legity confirms the human body's integration in proportion to the finest segments, thus providing the technical instrument of building a fully harmonious human body. The present study aims to compare the ideal, the calculated perfection to the reality, namely the theoretically obtained values to the average values of an 18-year-old male. It appears that the differences refer especially to the limbs; both the superior ones and the inferior ones being longer comparing to the ideal pattern while the bust is shorter and broader.

Corresponding author: Andrei Motoc, MD, PhD, e-mail: amotoc@mail.dnttm.ro

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