Figure drawing and composition : being a number of hints for the student and designer upon the treatment of the human figure by Richard G. Hatton (1895)
Hatton, Richard George, 1864-1926 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 142
twelfth. A true rib is one which has a costal cartilage of its own, all the way to the breast- bone. The three false ribs, the eighth, ninth, and tenth, have costal cartilages, but they have to be content with attachment to that of the seventh or last true rib. What is important to notice in this… … Fig. 8i. Fig. 8 1, A and B. Without this projection or bulging, the torso, in this region, looks tame. The greatest projection forward is at the cartilage of the seventh rib. There is considerable flatness both on the front and sides of the thorax, flatness which is emphasized when, the flesh being…
Figure drawing · Human figure in art · Anatomy, Artistic
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