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  2. Artistic canons of body proportions - Wikipedia

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    In the system recommended by Andrew Loomis, an idealized human body is eight heads tall, the torso being three heads and the legs another four; a more realistically proportioned body, he claims, is closer to seven-and-a-half heads tall, the difference being in the length of the legs. He additionally recommends head-based proportions for ...

  3. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Body proportions is the study of artistic anatomy, which attempts to explore the relation of the elements of the human body to each other and to the whole. These ratios are used in depictions of the human figure and may become part of an artistic canon of body proportion within a culture.

  4. Torso - Wikipedia

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    The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head, neck, ...

  5. Figure drawing - Wikipedia

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    Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.

  6. Tadpole person - Wikipedia

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    An example of a tadpole person in a drawing by a child aged 4½. A tadpole person [1] [2] [3] or headfooter [4] [5] is a simplistic representation of a human being as a figure without a torso, with arms and legs attached to the head.

  7. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy has become a key part of visual arts. Basic concepts of how muscles and bones function and deform with movement is key to drawing, painting or animating a human figure. Many books such as Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form, are written as a guide to drawing the human body anatomically correctly. [4]

  8. Belvedere Torso - Wikipedia

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    The figure's torso strongly echoes the Belvedere Torso. The model is thought to be Pietro Aretino . The Belvedere Torso is a 1.59-metre-tall (5.2 ft) fragmentary marble statue of a male nude, known to be in Rome from the 1430s, and signed prominently on the front of the base by "Apollonios, son of Nestor, Athenian", who is unmentioned in ...

  9. Torso (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The torso is the central part of the body. As such, torso is also used to refer to works of art depicting that body part, for example Belvedere Torso. Torso may also refer to: Torsö, an island in Sweden; Torsö (crater), a crater on the planet Mars; Torso (Image Comics), a graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis