Nymph Proportions
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(02-10-2016, 04:47 AM)Diane wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Many figures have the length of the head equal to the distance between the neck and lower ribs  - and do so fairly consistently -whereas the norm in Europe was to have the head's length no longer than the distance from collar-bone to mid-breast.

When you add to that characteristic, the attenuated shanks versus large thighs evident in some of the 'bathy-' images, you have a custom in drawing which, though you and I agree it originates in the Hellenistic world, is not that of mainland Europe's graphic art.


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Diane, thanks for the explanation.
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Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 01-10-2016, 09:25 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 01-10-2016, 10:14 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 01-10-2016, 10:29 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 01-10-2016, 10:22 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 01-10-2016, 10:33 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 01-10-2016, 10:33 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 01-10-2016, 11:11 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 01-10-2016, 11:44 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by -JKP- - 02-10-2016, 01:59 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Sam G - 02-10-2016, 04:18 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Diane - 02-10-2016, 04:47 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 02-10-2016, 12:43 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 02-10-2016, 07:41 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 03-10-2016, 03:21 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Searcher - 02-10-2016, 08:55 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 02-10-2016, 09:34 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by -JKP- - 02-10-2016, 09:43 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 02-10-2016, 09:55 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by -JKP- - 02-10-2016, 11:58 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Searcher - 02-10-2016, 09:58 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Sam G - 03-10-2016, 04:34 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Diane - 03-10-2016, 07:42 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Sam G - 03-10-2016, 10:28 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 03-10-2016, 07:49 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Diane - 03-10-2016, 09:01 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 03-10-2016, 10:42 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Sam G - 03-10-2016, 10:45 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 03-10-2016, 11:23 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 03-10-2016, 02:01 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 03-10-2016, 02:38 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 03-10-2016, 03:24 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 03-10-2016, 04:35 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Diane - 04-10-2016, 06:38 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by EllieV - 04-10-2016, 03:08 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 04-10-2016, 07:59 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by david - 04-10-2016, 08:56 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 04-10-2016, 09:03 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by david - 04-10-2016, 09:30 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Searcher - 04-10-2016, 10:33 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by -JKP- - 05-10-2016, 12:38 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 05-10-2016, 08:08 AM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Searcher - 05-10-2016, 03:54 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by ReneZ - 07-10-2016, 02:47 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 07-10-2016, 02:58 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by R. Sale - 07-10-2016, 05:37 PM
RE: Nymph Proportions - by Koen G - 07-10-2016, 05:54 PM

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