The text outlines a workshop's handling of male, female, and child portraits, emphasizing the need for different portrayals for various forms and contexts. It provides guidance on how figures maintain their proportions while differing in styles or usages, with references to specific markings for further illustrations. The discussion includes details on correct visualization, instruction, and adaptation of artistic figures.
Formation of Images, Their Shapes and Alterations, Including Reductions in Rectangular Woodblocks
In my disposal or workshop of male, female, and child portraits, even when considering the full length and size of a person in view: Serving or the most exquisite one, more delicate writing for different pictures to be set in various forms apart from how they should be viewed, as intended for illustration, that belong to those assigned to the male disciplines, and are now placed as such per the known week's load. Further to instruct these people to fetch based on this differentiation for recording from person specializations as it draws the essence of the portraits of distinction, familiarly understood and recalled in relation to each person. Herewith, our art or if it's already an even canvas, nothing less of alteration should appear necessary. Nonetheless, used for painters or sculptors appropriately in use; if it turns out here, a man is desired for the arrangement of the images, or necessary figures too, set in the lower half following figures remain without diverse changes appearing. Also, another act or besides in the background: the third stands forth: it rises highly; the fifth lowers back to Earth: the sixth pushes up from the bottom. The effect of upward signifies presenting gender, straightforward as the simple path follows its role in the middle; to some extent, accumulate from the confirmations and observe both artistic illustrations. Cut across the right of the masterpiece. Or the third part measures forward found in particular by the masterpiece, conscious with B., modified through Engraving. E. passes with lit. A. concluding inside the Headway or otherwise; there where the Forest Sage: the third prevails with lit. L. cuts through the stance: the fifth does the sixth neither or none are; the sixth cuts with the letter I. crossing over the right inner light. The seventh makes a mark with lit. K., stretches directly over the calves: the ninth with lit. L. goes straight over the foot soles. Above all, yet these displayed figures arise in different forms, yet they just hold unless whatever lesser their natural proportions, and come to these naturally.
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Translation Notes:
- "Meister/Weiber- und Kinder Bildnussen": May imply portraits of men, women, and children. The terminology used in historical contexts. Translate carefully to capture the essence of distinctiveness in art styles or portrayals.
- "Dissch-Schulen" could refer more abstractly to schools or subjects relating to disciplines, possibly gender or class-based teachings or practices.
- The numerical markings denoted as 'lit.' are likely annotations for reference to specific parts in diagrams or engravings.