. Exercises for ladies; . gle withthe body; the exact medium, as in the doubleaction of the shoulder, should be grace. The legmay be straight, or the knee bent to a rightangle; the exact medium may be taken, andgrace assumed only with one leg at a time. Therotatory motion of the hip-joint may be exertedto the exact medium, bringing the feet to anangle of 90° with each other. But the principleis not always readily applied. I think an artistmight draw a graceful figure in defiance of thismedium principle; and, without a great deal ofdifficulty, might invent a ludicrous figure, in exactaccordance
. Exercises for ladies; . gle withthe body; the exact medium, as in the doubleaction of the shoulder, should be grace. The legmay be straight, or the knee bent to a rightangle; the exact medium may be taken, andgrace assumed only with one leg at a time. Therotatory motion of the hip-joint may be exertedto the exact medium, bringing the feet to anangle of 90° with each other. But the principleis not always readily applied. I think an artistmight draw a graceful figure in defiance of thismedium principle; and, without a great deal ofdifficulty, might invent a ludicrous figure, in exactaccordance with it.—This is done in Plate XXX,Jigs. 1 and 2, in which a few of Mr. —s rulesare scrupulously followed. In fig. 1, the halfbent knees and half open mouth alone producethe graceful crouch of a boy expecting the rod!In fig. 2, a little more complication makes thematter still worse ! It is not a little curious that the Dancing orClapping Faun, a perfect model of rustic andawkward gesture, owes its rusticity and awk-.
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