Side view of male torso and arm Product:Canvas Harlington

Harlington

women attempting to step out of the private sphere of life deemed appropriate to their nature

22nd April 1984

North Yorkshire

Side view of male torso and arm Product:Canvas HarlingtonThis diagram illustrates the proportions of the male torso, splitting it into three sections. It also illustrates the proportions of the arm and correlates them with those of the torso. Plate 12 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Particularitez des corps humain, veu de cost, & proportion d'icely: ensemble du bras veu par le dessus. 16' Original: engraving. 1663