The science of beauty, as developed in nature and applied in artHay, D. R. (David Ramsay)
Philosophy
The science of beauty, as developed in nature and applied in art
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay)
Aesthetics; Nature (Aesthetics); Proportion (Art)
The outline of the head and face, from points (1) to (3) (fig. 1, Plate
XIX.), takes the direction of the two first curves of the diagram. From
point (3), the outline of the sterno-mastoid muscle continues to (4),
where, joining the outline of the trapezius muscle, at first concave, it
becomes convex after passing through (5), reaches the point (6), where
the convex outline of the deltoid muscle commences, and, passing through
(7), takes the outline of the arm as far as (8). The outline of the
muscles on the side, the latissimus dorsi and serratus magnus, commences
under the arm at the point (9), and joins the outline of the oblique
muscle of the abdomen by a concave curve at (10), which, rising into
convexity as it passes through the points (11) and (12), ends at (13),
where it joins the outline of the gluteus medius muscle. The outline of
this latter muscle passes convexly through the point (14), and ends at
(15), where the outline of the tensor vaginæ femoris and vastus externus
muscle of the thigh commences. This convex outline joins the concave
outline of the biceps of the thigh at (16), which ends in that of the
slight convexity of the condyles of the thigh-bone at (17). From this
point, the outline of the outer surface of the leg, which includes the
biceps, peroneus longus, and soleus muscles, after passing through the
point (18), continues convexly to (19), where the concave outline of the
tendons of the peroneus longus continues to (20), whence the outline of
the outer ankle and foot commences.
The outline of the mamma and fold of the arm-pit commences at (21),
and passes through the points (22) and (23). The circle at (24) is the
outline of the areola, in the centre of which the nipple is placed.
The outline of the pubes commences at (25), and ends at the point (26),
from which the outline of the inner surface of the thigh proceeds over
the gracilis, the sartorius, and vastus internus muscles, until it meets
the internal face of the knee-joint at (27), the outline of which ends
at (28). The outline of the inside of the leg commences by proceeding
over the gastrocnemius muscle as far as (29), where it meets that of the
soleus muscle, and continues over the tendons of the heel until it meets
the outline of the inner ankle and foot at (30).
The outline of the outer surface of the arm, as viewed in front, proceeds
from (8) over the remainder of the deltoid, in which there is here a
slight concavity, and, next, from (31) over the biceps muscle till (32),
where it takes the line of the long supinator, and passing concavely, and
almost imperceptibly, into the long and short radial extensor muscles,
reaches the wrist at (33). The outline of the inner surface of the arm
from opposite (9) commences by passing over the triceps extensor, which
ends at (34), then over the gentle convexity of the condyles of the bone
of the arm at (35), and, lastly, over the flexor sublimis which ends at
the wrist-joint (36).
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