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" ... 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 the place of the nostrils, and the second the point where the eyebrows meet. "
The Natural Principles of Beauty: As Developed in the Human Figure - Page 44
by David Ramsay Hay - 1852 - 48 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 48

1856 - 1432 pages
...determines the place of the nostrils; the second the point where the eyebrows meet. The foot is the seventh part of the height of the entire frame; the cubit and the chest are ca ha fourth. The other members have certain a nU ties which were always observed by the oat celebrated...
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The Medical World: A Journal of Universal Medical Intelligence, Volumes 1-2

Medicine - 1857 - 984 pages
...determines the place of the nostrils ; the second the point where the eyebrows me^t. The foot is the seventh part of the height of the entire frame ; the cubit...certain affinities which were always observed by the moscelebrated of ancient painters and sculptorst and we must look for them in those productions which...
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Elements of Art Criticism, Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's ...

George Whitefield Samson - 1868 - 440 pages
...is a fourth. The height of the human frame is the same with the measure from one hand to the other." "The other members have certain affinities which were...most celebrated of the ancient painters and sculptors i and we must look for them in those productions which have excited universal admiration." From other...
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University Lectures Delivered by Members of the Faculty in the Free Public ...

University of Pennsylvania - 1915 - 622 pages
...where the eyebrows meet. (The ear likewise is a third of the length of the face.) The foot is a seventh part of the height of the entire frame. The cubit and the chest (the width across the shoulders) are each a fourth. "If a man should lie on his back with his arms...
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The Technique of Pencil Drawing: With Notes on the Proportions of the Human ...

Figure drawing - 1927 - 184 pages
...frame, has so ordained that the face from the chin to the highest point 39 TECHNIQUE OF PENCIL DRAWING of the forehead, whence the hair begins, is a tenth...celebrated of the ancient painters and sculptors, and we may look for them in those productions which have excited universal admiration. The navel is naturally...
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University Lectures: Delivered by Members of the Faculty in the ..., Volume 2

University of Pennsylvania - Barns - 1915 - 616 pages
...where the eyebrows meet. (The ear likewise is a third of the length of the face.) The foot is a seventh part of the height of the entire frame. The cubit and the chest (the width across the shoulders) are each a fourth. "If a man should lie on his back with his arms...
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