| Show proportions OF THE HUMAN FIGURE the proportions of the human figure are strictly mathematical the whole figure is I 1 six I 1 times the length of the foot whether the form be slender or plump this rule holds good any deviation from it is a departure from the highest beauty of proportion the greeks made all their statues according to this rule the f face ace from the highest point of the forehead where the hair begins to the end of the chin is one tenth the whole length of the stature the hand from the wrist to the middle finger is the same the chest is a fourth and from the nipples to the top of the head is the same from the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh it if the length of the face from the roots of the hair to the chin be divided into three equal parts the the first division determines where the eyebrows meet and the second the place of the nostrils the navel is the center point int of the human body and if a man should ilo lio lie lle 1 on his back with his bis arms extended the periphery 0 the circle which might be described around him with the n aval naval for its center would touch the extremities of his hands and feet the height from the feet to the top of the head heads is the same as the distance from the extremities of the other when the arms are extended these are the general measures of the species |
