The slim, boyish, youthful figure was their ideal of beauty, and paintings and statues were erected in its honour. Poems were written about the love that prominent older men had for young men.

苗条、男孩子气、年轻的形象是他们的理想之美，为了对此表示敬意，他们才绘画、竖立雕塑，各种诗歌也突出描述了老年男人对青年男子之爱。