| Show THE HUMAN FIGURE the proportions of 0 the figure are strictly mathematical the whole figure Is six sit times the length of the tool fool whether the form be slender or plump the rule holds good any deviation from it is a departure from the highest beauty of proportion the greeks make all their statues according to this rule the face from the highest point on the forehead where the hairs begin to the chin Is one tenth of the whole stature the hand from the wrist to the middle finger 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 I 1 into three equal parts the first dl di vision determines the place where the eyebrows meet and the second the I 1 place of the nostrils the height from the feet to the top of the head is the same as the distance from the extremity of the fingers when the arms are extended ex |
