Weigall, Charles Harvey; Mason, Walter George [Ill.]: The Art Of Figure Drawing: Containing Practical Instructions For A Course Of Study In This Branch Of Art ; With Seventeen Illustrations, Drawn On Wood By The Author, And Engraved By Walter G. Mason (London, 1853 [ersch.1854])

PROPORTION.

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7\ : the average seems therefore to be between these
measures. Leaving out all the more minute fractional
divisions into which the human figure has been resolved, I
shall commence by dividing it into 8 heads, as the most
simple rule, and one that seems to comprise the essentials
of all others that have been given. This will divide the
figure thus :

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PLATE I.

Heads.

From the crown of the head to the bottom of the

chin ........ 1

From the bottom of the chin to the top of the sternum,

or breast bone ....... \

From the top of the sternum to the bottom . . \
From the bottom of the sternum to just above the

navel ........ 1

From just above the navel to the commencement of

the lower limbs ...... 1

From the commencement of the lower limbs to the

middle of the thigh . . . . . .1

From the middle of the thigh to the bottom of the

knee ........ 1

From the bottom of the knee to the small of the

ankle . . . . . . . • li

From the small of the ankle to the sole of the foot . \

Heads . . . . .8