We gaze and turn away, and know not where, Dazzled and drunk with beauty, till the heart Reels with its fulness; there--for ever there-- Chained to the chariot of triumphal Art, We stand as captives, and would not depart." PROPORTIONS OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI. Has seven heads, seven parts, and three minutes in height. From the top of the head to the root of the hair, three parts. From the root of the hair to the eyebrows, three parts. From the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose, three parts. From the bottom of the nose, to that of the chin, three parts. From the bottom of the chin to the depression between the clavicles, four parts, three minutes and a half. From the depression between the clavicles to the lowest part of the breast, ten parts, five minutes. From the lowest part of the breast to the middle of the navel, eight parts, three minutes. From the middle of the navel to the base of the belly and beginning of the thighs, eleven parts, four minutes and a half. From the bottom of the belly to the middle of the kneepan, eighteen parts, two minutes. From the middle of the kneepan to the beginning of the flank, twenty-seven parts, three minutes. From the middle of the kneepan to the ground, twenty-five parts, three minutes. The greatest height of the foot, three parts, five minutes and a half. From the neck of the leg to the end of the toes, nine parts and half a minute. From the commencement of the humerus to the elbow, twenty parts, two minutes. From the elbow to the beginning of the hand, fourteen parts. The greatest breadth of the forearm, five parts. The greatest breadth of the arm, four parts, five minutes. From the depression between the clavicles to the beginning of the deltoid, six parts, four minutes. From the depression between the clavicles to the point of the nipple, ten parts and half a minute. Between the points of the nipples, eleven parts, two minutes. The breadth of the torso, at the level of the lowest part of the breast, fifteen parts, four minutes and a half. The least breadth of the torso, at the commencement of the flanks, fourteen parts, one minute. The greatest breadth of the torso, at the bottom of the flanks, seventeen parts, five minutes. The breadth from the trochanter of one thigh to that of the other, nineteen parts, three minutes. The greatest breadth of the thigh, nine parts, five minutes. The greatest breadth of the knee, six parts. The greatest breadth of the calf of the leg, six parts, three minutes and a half. The breadth from one ankle to another, four parts. The least breadth of the foot, three parts, three minutes and a half. The greatest breadth of the foot, five parts and one minute.