Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture; an essay in comparative aesthetics (1909)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 113
72 PROPORTION AND HARMONY. together at the shoulders than at the hips as they are nearertogether there than at the calves. (See Figs. 31, page 57;36, page 71 ; and 73, page 137.) In the case of a woman, thecircles seem to be very nearly at the same distance apartat the hips as at the shoulders.… … FIG. 87.—CIRCLES DRAWN ABOUT HAYS IDEAL WOMAN. SIDE VIEW.See pages 59, 69, 72, 87, 134, 295. others that will be mentioned hereafter, we may draw thegeneral conclusion that the proportions of human figuresand, probably, of all natural figures, may be said to con-form to certain straight,…
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