The text is a detailed guide to drawing and understanding human anatomy. Various plates illustrate different parts of the body in different views, including faces, mouths, noses, hands, and feet, providing instruction on proportion and foreshortening. The work includes references to notable artists like Raphael and was aimed at teaching drawing techniques and concepts.
DRAWING.
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This eye should have less length than the eye in full face, and exceed that of a profile eye by 1/16 of a unit.
6. Nose from the front view.
7. Nose from below.
8. Profile of the nose.
9. Nose in three-quarters view from below.
The first two figures are merely outlined to provide examples of what is referred to as sketches; the other figures are shaded.
PLATE X.
1. Mouth from the front.
2. Profile of the mouth.
3. Profile of the mouth, seen slightly from below.
4. Mouth from the side view.
5. Mouth in three-quarters view from below.
In this position, the upper lip takes on more width than the lower lip.
6. Mouth from the front, viewed from below.
In this position, the upper lip appears thinner than the lower lip.
7 & 8. Ears viewed from the front.
PLATE XI.
1. Profile head, after Raphael.
2. Profile head, viewed from below, after the same.
PLATE XII.
1. Open hand, view from the palm side.
The hand has the length of the face from a to b, divided into three parts at point c. This can hold from d to another for the fingers.
2. Open hand, view from the back, after Mr. Ch. Coypel.
3. Foot viewed from the front.
PLATE XIII.
1. Foot viewed from the front.
Its height CR is divided into three equal parts...
2. Foot viewed from the side or profile.
PLATE XIV.
General proportions of the human body.
In adulthood, a man should have a height of eight head lengths, measured from the top of the head...
PLATE XV.
Academic figure seen from the front according to a drawing by Mr. Cochin.
...The ankle or internal malleolus is higher than that of the other side...
PLATE XVI.
Academic figure seen from the back, according to a drawing by Mr. Cochin.
PLATE XVII.
Academic figure seen from the back with foreshortening...
Translation Notes:
- 'Esquisses' translates to 'sketches'.
- 'Profil en-dessous' means 'profile from below'.