Ho tōn anthrōpōn rhithmos [sic].1880 |
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Achilles acromion altezza ancient Apollino of Florence Apollo Sauroktonos artist bottom breadth calf centre CHARLES ROBERSON chest clavicles complete eight heads Count de Clarac cubit diagram distinctly marked divided divisions draw eighty-four persons elbow entire height equal measures expanded arms extended arms feet six inches female four equal front view Gibson Gibson's triangle given by Vitruvius greatest width Heads Parts Mins height and extent human body humerus ilium indicator inner ankle instrument JOSEPH BONOMI laths Leonardo da Vinci Lincoln's Inn Fields LONG ACRE Louvre mento middle finger minutes to complete Museum nascimento neck nipples normal proportion O I 8 O I O I 9 O O O O I patella perpendicular point F profile figure Protagoras pubis ROBERSON'S MEDIUM round figure SAMUEL SHARPE scale scapula sia la quarta six feet sommità del capo space tenth thigh uomo Venus de Medicis whole height
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Page 9 - From the nipples to the top of the head will be the fourth part of a man. The greatest width of the shoulders contains in itself the fourth part of the man. From the elbow to the tip of the hand will be the fifth part of a man; and from the elbow to the angle of the armpit will be the eighth part of the man. The whole hand will be the tenth part of the man; the beginning of the genitals marks the middle of the man.
Page 7 - Proportion is the commensuration of the various constituent parts with the whole, in the existence of which symmetry is found to consist.
Page 12 - From the os pubis to the top of the head one half, from the same point to the sole of the foot the other half. There are three equal divisions from the acromion of the scapula to the bottom of the inner ankle:— ' First from the acromion to the point in the spine of the ilium, from which the rectus and sartorius muscles begin. ' Second, from thence to the top of the patella. ' Third, from the top of the patella to the bottom of the inner ankle. ' From the bottom of the pubis to the bottom of the...
Page 12 - ... acromion of the scapula to the bottom of the inner ankle : — ' First from the acromion to the point in the spine of the ilium, from which the rectus and sartorius muscles begin. ' Second, from thence to the top of the patella. ' Third, from the top of the patella to the bottom of the inner ankle. ' From the bottom of the pubis to the bottom of the patella is the same length as from the bottom of the patella to the sole of the foot, two heads each ; but, we must observe, the ancients generally...
Page 7 - ... lengthen or shorten at their pleasure. The quantity of every vowel in every word may be said to be ascertained and fixed. Again, the quantity of a vast number of syllables was regulated by general rules, to which there was scarcely an exception, or rather none. For example, all diphthongs * Aristotle, in the first chapter of the third book of his Treatise on Rhetoric, has accurately distinguished these three qualities of spoken sounds: and it appears from his expression that other writers had...
Page 10 - ... where the hair begins is a tenth part of the whole stature. The same proportion obtains in the hand measured from the wrist to the extremity of the middle finger. The head from the chin to the top of the scalp is an eighth. From the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh. From the nipples to the top of the scalp is a fourth of the whole stature. If the length of the face from the chin to the roots of the hair be divided into three equal parts, the first division determines...
Page 9 - ... top of the head is the fourth part of the height of the man. The greatest width of the shoulders contains in itself the fourth part of the man. From the elbow to the end of the middle finger is the fourth part of the man. From the elbow to the end of the shoulder is the eighth part of the man. The entire hand is the tenth part of the man. The foot is the seventh part of the height of the man. The horizontal line in the centre of the diagram marks the middle of the figure. From below the knee...
Page 28 - ... of the other touches an upright strip of wood, or an angle of the room in which the instrument is fixed.