1592951842000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-38322 1753725820374 1753696870000 1753725816784 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-38322 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38322 cfdcdb3f-f539-3aa2-ace0-122051c804ab 8 reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference term-37166 adlib-term-37166 feba6d99-fb75-3d35-b009-236d788146f6 laid paper Support Height mm 213 Width mm 150 Leaf Size Paintings, Drawings and Prints 832/5.f.34 1 accession number 832/5.f.34 38322 priref 38322 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38322 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38322 [i] preceding two words crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding three words crossed through in brown ink; [iii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink recto brown ink in the above quotation from Pliny & Pausanias / we see the progress of the principles of the Arts of / design, from the beginning to[i] first attempts to / the Time of Phidias; let us now take these[ii] / let now illustrate[iii] consider these elements according / to the order of their discovery, & as they are only / indicated in the 2 Authors abovementioned, their / illustration & explanation must be given from / the remaining works of the ancient artists always / submitting that which is advanced to tryal[sic] of these / ancient authors whenever it may be necessary / we shall consider these principles under the / following heads / 1 Motion / 2 Character / 3 Perpective of the / Human figure / 4 Anatomy / 5 Proportions / 6 Drapery / 7 Composition / 8 Style [i] preceding three words crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [iii] preceding two words crossed through in brown ink; [iv] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [v] preceding two words crossed through in brown ink; [vi] preceding three words crossed through in brown ink verso brown ink Motion - can be placed / The most simple position in which the human figure - / is when the human figure[i] it stands perfectly erect / resting on[ii] equally on both feet in which case the / center of gravity falls from the gullet between the / intersecting the pit of the stomach & the[iv] naveal conti- / -nuing its perpendicular equally between the knees & ancles[sic] / to the ground, as this is the simplest position, so / it naturally became the first object of imitation / for Art such as we see in the early Egyptian / Statues & it is most likely the early greek / statues were the same from the supposition / of the next article / 1st variation from Inaction in the standing / figure, when it is poised on one leg, the centre of gravity falls from the gullet on that side of / the pit of the stomach & naval next to the leg / which supports the weight; it intersects the upper[iii] lower / part of the Femur & upper part of the Tibia / just on the inside of the knee of the standing leg / it continues its perpendicular intersection thro' / thro the inner ancle to the ground: in this action / from the shoulder to the bottom of the ribs on the side / of the standing leg is lower than the other side of / the body, on the[v] whilst the ilium or[vi] hip-bone / the knee & the ancle are lower than on the same / side are higher than the opposite / fig 1 & 2 A reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-153239 adlib-agent-153239 d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec Murray, Charles Fairfax 1916 1912 1916-12 given draughtsman reference agent-45771 adlib-agent-45771 b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3 Flaxman, John reference term-106299 adlib-term-106299 3926a617-f986-3db0-a8cd-7d8071aa7a46 brown ink reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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sketchbook pen and brown ink on laid paper reference term-27007 adlib-term-27007 326f020c-e0a2-3e7f-8f96-c7ad94fe8767 handwriting object OBJECT