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Appletons' cyclopædia of technical drawing (1896)

Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 753

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Fig. 1819. Fig. 1820. drapery upon a figure, care must be taken that the drapery should fall in grace-ful folds. It is necessary to give the body certain inflections which would beridiculous in a person walking naked. The walk should be from the hips, with … Fig. 1821. FREE-HAND DRxVWING. Y3T wide-spread legs, and, by the movements of the trunk, make the drapery clingon certain parts and float on others. In figures in repose, their centres of gravity must fall within the points ofsupport, but the body can be sustained by muscular exertion, and this…

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