The text is an index from a book that discusses various aspects of human beauty and anatomy, exploring topics like the beauty of the eyes, hands, and skin, as well as the effects of proportion. It includes discussions on artistic representations of emotion, such as crying and laughter, and considers the effects of illness and accidents on proportions. The text also covers topics like the broader shoulders of men compared to women, and the peculiar mention of a Scottish boy in Amsterdam.
INDEX
Beauty can also be enhanced by understanding embellishments. 28
Beauty of a Woman seen by some only in the Face. 30
Beauty of a Man's Body described. 31
Beauty as it must be impressed in the thoughts of the Painter. 35
Beauty is seldom or never found in the ultimate degree in a single Person. 36
Beauty largely depends on Proportion. 41
Beauty of the Face and dignified Body Length as regarded in old times. 66
Beauty of the Eyes in their enchanting power. 116
Beauty of the Hands. 154
Beauty of the Skin contributes much to the Life of a well-made Person. 185
Distinction between Woman and Maiden in Bearing. 309
Scottish Boy in Amsterdam with a Tail seen. 383
Men's Shoulders broader than those of Women. 69
How the shoulders should properly align. 182
Shoulder blades and their correct form. 387
Differences in Crying and Laughing in Artistic Representation. 298
Crying occurs in various Ways. 299
Certainty of things one cannot entirely understand. 374
Illnesses and Accidents damage Proportion. 76
Striking Action in Various Examples explained. 279
How Striking Action is properly made. 326
Why Sleeping occurs more easily lying than sitting. 344
How a Sleeping Person Awakes again. 354
Bones of the Head as described. 381
Muscles as discussed in the text. 412
Key-bones as described. 386
How Food tastes. 139
Description of a Spaniard in his Nature and Person. 53
Spinoza's thoughts on Soul and Body. 359
Food is elevated and made Tasty. 139
Speech accomplished through the Lips fully. 134
Speech which is Clear and Unclear. 141
Sprangers-Creeptjes as described in vile Applications. 249
Games and Voluntary Exercises, make young Bodies larger and stronger. 76
Speaking how people can be understood from afar; 134
Speaker who speaks sitting. 314