A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . THE PROPORTION OF A MANS BODY OF TENNE FACES IN LENGTH AND CHJT. VI T ftandeth with good reafbn3that (followingtheme-thode of the ancient Grecians) I fhould make this bo-dy3whofe proportion 1 intende to handle particularly,anfwerable to the (ymmetry of all other artificial! bo-dies , which may be made farre more beautrfull, thenNature affbrdeth any; wherein notwithftandingthewhole fymmetry of arte may be comprehended moreor lefle. And this point I meane to handle in this chap-ter and the next:wherefore I haue p
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . THE PROPORTION OF A MANS BODY OF TENNE FACES IN LENGTH AND CHJT. VI T ftandeth with good reafbn3that (followingtheme-thode of the ancient Grecians) I fhould make this bo-dy3whofe proportion 1 intende to handle particularly,anfwerable to the (ymmetry of all other artificial! bo-dies , which may be made farre more beautrfull, thenNature affbrdeth any; wherein notwithftandingthewhole fymmetry of arte may be comprehended moreor lefle. And this point I meane to handle in this chap-ter and the next:wherefore I haue prefixed this before the reft, becaufe icis3 as it were, the foundation of them all. This figure then is firft divided into tennc pans or faces: the firft where-of ( I meane in Jength)beginneth at the toppe ofthehead,, and reacheth tothe roote ofthe no sir els. Thefecondc from thence to the throat-pit: thetbirde thence to the parting of the breafi: the fourth thence to the Ntcvilcthe fift thence to the privities, which is the iuft middle of the length of thebody. From thence to the fole of thefoote are Rue faces : whereof two hebetweene
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