Nymph Proportions

[EllieV]

Ellie, this is not about 15th century European or not. Where dit I say something like that? 

I picked my samples by selecting those nymphs of which I could measure the full body. A second requirement is that they had to be standing up, i.e. not too much bend in the body. Additionally, I treated all outliers in a separate section. If you think I made some mistake, do please test it yourself - the more data the better.

All I wanted to find out is whether proportions are consistent, and they are. That's data. It is very likely that these proportions are found more in Medieval European art than in Classical art. That is beside the point of this study.


But of course I would encourage the use of the results in comparative studies. Though in that case a full body standing figure would be ideal.

Fair enough. I was just surprised by your choice of image for comparison. You found the smallest head available

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Also, actually looking at what you did, there are some methodological flaws.

- You compare the length of the yellow woman using the head of another one.
- You cut off below the neck and above the skull, while I said my my measurements were made from skull to chin.
- There is no lower point of reference - we cannot see where the women's knees are.

- And in the last example you posted, the woman is sitting!

LOL. I didn't notice - I placed the head over the woman I was measuring. The Hague manuscript has a figure that is standing - so it should cover your methodology.

I agree with you that the human figures in the VMs are proportionally consistent.

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Ellie, this is not about 15th century European or not. Where dit I say something like that? 

You linked to a post of yours that discusses the human proportions in various forms of art - non of them is 15th century manuscripts. In the footnotes you say "D.N. O’Donovan often cites the nymphs’ relatively large heads as a meaningful cultural indicator.". Can you or Diane explain what cultures are indicated by large heads?
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