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The text is an index or contents of a book that explores various topics in human figure design and anatomy. It subjects range from the movement of muscles and the proportion of the body to the perception of beauty and ugliness. Pages also discuss the role of light, body positioning in art, and specific elements like facial features and vertebrae.

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Contents

Slow Gait: Why it is more tiring than a Vigorous one. Page 260

Standing Portrait: How to place it comfortably. Page 253

Ladder Carrier: Why he often bends. Page 256

Limbs of Different Gender or Age: Not seen in well-formed people. Page 43

Limbs: Usually follow the largest mass of the body in shape. Page 62

Limbs: How they move by muscles. Page 39

Limbs should perform their own function in all actions, not others. Page 285

Limb Proportion: Should promote beauty. Page 23

Idle People: Should not be seen in artworks. Page 306

Ugly cannot be Lovable. Page 18

Ugly: How it can be perceived as beautiful. Page 19

Ugliness: Why it is easier to follow than Beauty. Page 23

Lion Visage: What it will depict in a human face. Page 198

Vertebrae: How they are like from Maxael. Page 383

Body Length: Different in Men and Women. Page 50

Length of an Honest Person: How to determine. Page 58

Life: What preparation is required for it. Page 14

Bodies: How they move easily. Page 240

Bodies of Men: Why they do not possess certain qualities. Page 46

Bodies of Men: Can be proportioned diversely. Page 49

Bodies: Why they appear further in the mirror than in standing. Page 370

Bodies assessed as neither small nor large, but appear different from perspective. Page 369

Bodies cannot think. Page 372

Weight of Bodies: Advantageous in work. Page 261

Capacity of Bodies: Most people are not wisely positioned. Page 268

Lying: How it can be done comfortably. Page 182

Body Length: Different according to gender and nature. Page 51

Lips: Of proper shape and service. Page 133

Lips: How they move with the speaker's language. Page 136

Lips: What more assurance can be expressed in facial movements. Page 137

Lobe-Ear: From where the name seems to originate. Page 127

Light: How it affects the radiance flowing from bodies. Page 370

Light: What it does around the ethereal spirits. Page 342

Lomazzo, Painter of Milan: How well he managed proportion.