Book Information
| Title: | "The Proportions of the Human Body" |
| Author: | Wit, Jacob de, 1695-1754 |
| Publication Year: | 1790 |
| Source: | https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005903402 |
About this book:
This book is aimed at guiding artists in depicting the human form accurately. De Wit emphasizes that the best way to learn is by clearly distinguishing and measuring the body's parts and their proportional relationships.
He adopts the eight-head system for adult height, a widely used standard, while also acknowledging variations and the need for artists to use their "mental compass" to judge proportions and account for individual differences and movement.
The text provides specific measurements for various body parts, both in height and width, using the head and face as units of measurement.