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1. Philhellenic Movement

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   The "Aura of Symmetry" Thesis
   A key philosophical underpinning of the movement was the "Aura of Symmetry" thesis, first articulated by the Prussian classicist Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801). Lavater posited that the enduring aesthetic appeal of Greek sculpture and architecture was not merely due to mathematical proportion, but resulted from an inherent, if intangible, electromagnetic field emi…