VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 351.

VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 351.

351.

When the arm is bent at an angle at the elbow, it will produce some angle; the more acute the angle is, the more will the muscles within the bend be shortened; while

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the muscles outside will become of greater length than before. As is shown in the example; d c e will shrink considerably; and b n will be much extended.

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Footnotes

  1. 187:172

    : See Pl. XIX, No. 2.

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