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  2. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    [Proportion] should not be confused with a ratio, involving two magnitudes. Modern usage tends to substitute "proportion" for a comparison involving two magnitudes (e.g., length and width), and hence mistakes a mere grouping of simple ratios for a complete proportion system, often with a linear basis at odds with the areal approach of Greek ...

  3. Artistic canons of body proportions - Wikipedia

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    In 1961, Danish Egyptologist Erik Iverson described a canon of proportions in classical Egyptian painting. [2] This work was based on still-detectable grid lines on tomb paintings: he determined that the grid was 18 cells high, with the base-line at the soles of the feet and the top of the grid aligned with hair line, [3] and the navel at the eleventh line. [4]

  4. Figure drawing - Wikipedia

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    An artist's mannequin is often used to train beginner artists on a standard set of proportions while developing their use of perspective and posture. Artists take a variety of approaches to drawing the human figure. They may draw from live models or from photographs, [2] from mannequin puppets, or from memory and imagination. Most instruction ...

  5. Body shape - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the waist–hip ratio is 60/90 or 24/36 = 0.67. Many terms or classifications are used to describe body shape types: V shape: Males tend to have proportionally smaller buttocks, bigger chests and wider shoulders , wider latissimus dorsi and a small waist which makes for a V-shape of the torso.

  6. File:Drawing of proportions of the male and female figure ...

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  7. Why Experts Say Knowing Your Face Shape Could Change Your ...

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    "You could see a diamond-shaped face, and someone else would call it an oblong face," says Dr. Tripathi. "There's a more gaunt temple area, more width to the mid-face, and then a narrower lower face."

  8. Human head - Wikipedia

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    For humans, the front of the head (the face) is the main distinguishing feature between different people due to its easily discernible features, such as eye and hair colors, shapes of the sensory organs, and the wrinkles. Humans easily differentiate between faces because of the brain's predisposition toward facial recognition.

  9. Mortgage prequalification vs. preapproval: How to time these ...

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    Prequalification and preapproval are two ways to help you determine how much of a mortgage you can afford. But they differ in timing, process and more. Take a closer look at what each step means ...