The Artist's Repository, Or, Encyclopedia of the Fine Arts (Band 1): The Human Figure (London, 1808)

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PLATE CIV.

Fig. 1. and 2. are two views of that celebrated
figure commonly called the Antinous; which is
esteemed the most perfect model of grace and
beauty, in the delicate manly form.

Fig. 3. and 4. are two views of the famous Her-
cules of GlycoXj esteemed the most perfect mo-
del of muscular strength, and powerful formation.

These characters are placed together with design
to impress more decidedly, by means of contrast,
the peculiarities of each : each in its style is great;
yet in Proportions and Character each is so dif-
ferent from the other, as well in the whole as in the
parts, that it would be endless to enumerate the par-
ticulars.

Though these figures are given but on a small
scale, yet their differences of conformation are very
evident: the Antinous has been given at large in
Plates 95, &c. under the article Proportion. To
estimate properly the contrast of these figures, the
Antinous should be conceived of as under six feet
high ; while the Hercules should be estimated at
upwards of seven in height, and the breadth of his
members in proportion.

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