1. Greek feet are also called beauty feet. Many beauties have the characteristic of having a long second toe. What’s even more interesting is that the Statue of Liberty and the statues of Greek gods all have this kind of foot shape.
Foot shape characteristics: The second toe is longer than the other toes, and the foot plate is slimmer
Recommended shoe styles: Pointed-toe shoes, round-pointed shoes
2. Egyptian feet are the most common foot shape. Most Asian boys have this type of foot shape. People with long thumbs should pay special attention when choosing shoes. Shoes that are too narrow and pointed can easily cause the thumbs to be squeezed and deformed.
Foot shape characteristics: The big toe is longer than the other toes, and the toes show a slope
Recommended shoes: Slant-toe shoes
3. Roman feet This type of foot is rare. The five toes of people with this type of foot are all about the same length. There are no particularly prominent toes. They feel more square and broad. They are also called square feet. But people with Roman feet can better bring out the fashion of square-toed shoes and modify the shape of their feet.
Foot shape characteristics: The five toes are almost the same length
Recommended shoe styles: Round-toe shoes, square-toe shoes:
Whether it is "Broken Arm "Venus", "Venus de Medici" or "The Birth of Venus", the Venus depicted by the artist always has plump hips and round and small breasts .
These three works embody the aesthetic views of women in classical and neoclassical, Hellenistic, and Renaissance art. For more than two thousand years, Venus has been a frequent figure in the works of Western artists and a key research object of art historians. Every inch of her body was studied, but no one seemed to notice something odd—her second toe was extra long, clearly longer than the first.
In the early 20th century, an orthopedic surgeon named Dudley Morton named this physiological structure after himself. He believes that the second toe of the toe is too long, which is the same as color blindness, polymastia, and growing a tail. It is an atavistic phenomenon that helps human ancestors "swing" on branches.
While "swinging" in a tree may sound romantic, Morton's foot can cause a range of orthopedic conditions, such as hammertoes and bunions. Janet Travell, President Kennedy's personal physician, believed that Morton's foot would cause the fulcrum of the body to shift from the back of the thumb to the metatarsal bone, causing myofascial pain.
About 15%-20% of people have Morton's foot. The cause of Morton's foot is not that the second toe is long, but that the metatarsal bone of the big toe is shorter.
Today, this condition is known to art historians and doctors as "Greek foot."