Rimmer, William [Hrsg.]: Elements of design: book first. for the use of parents and teachers (Boston, 1864)

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P A E T IV.

II EAD.

To the Teacher.

Figs. 1, 2, 3. PL 28.

1. Head of child.

2. Head of female.

3. Head of male.

Observe in the infant’s head, Fig. 1, that A, the cere-
bral section (the whole mass above the eyes), is larger
than the facial section (the quantity below the eyes); the
eyes being below the line X, which divides the head into
equal parts.

In the female head, Fig. 2, the oval is smaller at the
lower end than the same part in the child’s head; the
eyes being on the median line, X.

In the male head, the lower end of the oval is larger
than in the head of the female; and the eyes are above
the median line, X. This rule is exemplified only in
the greatest number of the best heads, male and female,
at the period of early puberty; it being most commonly
the case that the distance from the eyes to the chin is
greater than that from the eyes to the top of the head.