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  2. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    One version of the proportions used in modern figure drawing is: [4] An average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head). An ideal figure, used when aiming for an impression of nobility or grace, is drawn at 8 heads tall. A heroic figure, used in the depiction of gods and superheroes, is eight-and-a-half heads tall. Most ...

  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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    Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.

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

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    English: Drawings by Avard T. Fairbanks developed during his teaching career. This image was used in Eugene F. Fairbanks' book on Human Proportions for Artists. This image was used in Eugene F. Fairbanks' book on Human Proportions for Artists.

  6. Punu-Lumbo mask - Wikipedia

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    Compared stylistically to Japanese art, [7] the masks are typically oval in shape, with narrowed eyes, arched eyebrows and small ears. [2] The male masks (ikwar) tend to be brown and black pigment over kaolin and viewed as ugly and are shown at night whilst the masks for females (mukudj) tend to be lighter and considered prettier by the locals and are shown in the day. [8]

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    Like many of the most original cartoons, the drawing in "Common Side Effects," premiering Sunday on Adult Swim and streaming from Monday on Max, is less reminiscent of anything from animated ...

  8. List of works designed with the golden ratio - Wikipedia

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    Vitruvian Man, created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1492, [26] is based on the theories of the man after which the drawing takes its name, Vitruvius, who in De Architectura: The Planning of Temples (c. I BC) pointed that the planning of temples depends on symmetry, which must be based on the perfect proportions of the human body.

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    The age group with the highest proportion of HMPV cases was those aged 80 and over, soaring to 7.3 per cent and well above pre-Christmas levels. Cases have also risen to about 7 per cent in ...