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 163
l is naturally placed in the centre of thehuman body, and if, when a man is lying with his faceupward and his hands and feet extended, from his navelas a centre a circle be described, it will touch his fingersand toes. (See Fig. 62 above.) Measuring from thefeet to the crown of the head and then… … FIQ. 63.—WHOLE HUMAN FORM AS RELATED TO THE SQUARE. Seepages 15, 59, 122, 130, 131, 141. In this quotation, as will be noticed, we again havecertain parts of the form taken as standards of measure-ment, i. e., the face and head, though not, as on page 118,the nose. Notice also the note at the…
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