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^ Action—Balance
ACTION
Action can best be suggested.
Movement cannot be best drawn with
carefully worked out detail, as finish and
detail tend to weigh down the figure and to
complete the action instead of carrying it on
further in the imagination.
The aim should especially be to catch the
spirit.
A figure is in balance when a line dropped
from the pit of the neck passes through the
center of the base of the figure and when
equal parts of the figure are on either side of
this line.
When this vertical line does not pass
through the center of base, the figure is out
of balance and in movement. If it does not
fall it must catch itself by an opposing move-
ment. Walking and running are a continual
falling forward on one foot and catching one-
self on the other.
The figure, like a pendulum, tends to
swing from one movement back to the oppo-
site to retain balance of movement.
The tensity of the muscles can hold the
figure out of balance for a short time but
when these are relaxed the figure either falls
forward or catches itself by a movement in
the opposite direction.
The more intense the movement, the
greater the slant of the figure.
The vertical line expresses dignity. The
horizontal line, repose. The slanting line,
action.
^ Action—Balance
ACTION
Action can best be suggested.
Movement cannot be best drawn with
carefully worked out detail, as finish and
detail tend to weigh down the figure and to
complete the action instead of carrying it on
further in the imagination.
The aim should especially be to catch the
spirit.
A figure is in balance when a line dropped
from the pit of the neck passes through the
center of the base of the figure and when
equal parts of the figure are on either side of
this line.
When this vertical line does not pass
through the center of base, the figure is out
of balance and in movement. If it does not
fall it must catch itself by an opposing move-
ment. Walking and running are a continual
falling forward on one foot and catching one-
self on the other.
The figure, like a pendulum, tends to
swing from one movement back to the oppo-
site to retain balance of movement.
The tensity of the muscles can hold the
figure out of balance for a short time but
when these are relaxed the figure either falls
forward or catches itself by a movement in
the opposite direction.
The more intense the movement, the
greater the slant of the figure.
The vertical line expresses dignity. The
horizontal line, repose. The slanting line,
action.