The Sculptor and Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form
The technique of pencil drawing: With notes on the proportions of the human figure 		figure drawings

Proportions of the Human Figure

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Some typical measurements of an average human adult figure. J. Michael Griggs Scene Design


THE PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN MALE BODY FROM AN EARLY EDITION OF VITRUVIUS (BOOKIII)


Idealised male derived from Platonic Geometry from Virtivus Pollio published in 1500
Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius


1851 engraving
An 1851 print from Germany of relative human proportions.

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The classic androgynous bald person drawing


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Durer, Albrecht. Vier Bucher von menschlicher Proportion
Human Proportion - The Egyptian and Greek Canons
Changes in bodily proportions with age
Stages in prenatal development
The Ideal Proportions Of The Human Figure
The Figure

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