1. IS ANCIENT POETRY STILL LIVING TODAY?

2. WHAT IS BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE?

3. NOW WE ARE GOING TO COMPARE HOW BEAUTY HAS CHANGED FROM CATULLUS PERIOD TO NOWADAYS

4. CATULLUS CARME XLIII Salve, nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua, decoctoris amica Formiani. ten provincia narrat esse bellam? tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur? o saeclum insapiens et infacetum! Salve ragazza, il tuo naso non è piccolissimo e non è bello il tuo piede e non sono neri i tuoi occhi e non sono lunghe le tue dita e non hai la bocca asciutta e la parlata non è precisa ne elegante, amica del bancarottiere di Formia. E nella provincia dicono che sei bella? E la mia Lesbia è paragonata con te? O secolo ignorante e grossolano!

5. CATULLUS Catullians beauty: snow-white skin black little eyes small nose dry lips refined girl with grace La bellezza catulliana : pelle bianca come la neve, occhi piccoli e neri, piccolo naso, labbra umide, donna raffinata con grazia John Reinhard Weguelin "Lesbia"

6. DANTE woman like an angel long blonde hair deep blue eyes refined face white skin donna angelicata, lunghi capelli biondi, profondi occhi blu, pelle chiara, viso raffinato Renoir bagnante bionda

7. NOWADAYS very skinny so tall want to be perfect like models they think only to appearance molto magre, alte, vogliono essere perfette come modelle, pensano solo allapparenza tralasciando linteriore

8. What is beauty and elegance? Beuty and elegance depends from the period youre living, because now the idea of beauty is different than 1000 years ago. And the ideal woman of Catullus is different than the ideal woman of Dante and of the woman of our days. But they are now like they have always been something subjective that depends from the vision of every man. So beauty and elegance isnt always the same for every person. For instance for me beauty and elegance means something else than for you. In the end we can say that everyone is beautiful and elegant for at least a person. What is beauty and elegance?

9. Is ancient poetry still living today? We can definitely say that ancient poetry is strictly linked with the vision of the beauty of every age because reading ancient poems we can look like in a mirror our vision of beauty. So meaning of the poems from Dante and Catullus isnt living anymore, therefore the vision of beauty and elegance has changed a lot. But the poems and descriptions of beauty are still living today.

10. BEAUTY IS ONLY APPERANCE

11. ALE MARCO MATTIA JOOS MEIKE