It is usually important in figure drawing to draw the human figure in proportion. Though there are subtle differences between individuals, human proportions fit within a fairly standard range – … See more

The earliest known representations of female figures date from 23,000 to 25,000 years ago. Models of the human head (such as the Venus of Brassempouy) are rare in See more

It has been suggested that the ideal human figure has its navel at the golden ratio ($${\displaystyle \phi }$$, about 1.618), dividing the body in the ratio of 0.618 to 0.382 (soles of feet to navel:navel to top of head) (1⁄$${\displaystyle \phi }$$ is See more

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• Édouard Lantéri See more

• Allometry – Study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology, and behavior
• Anthropometry – Measurement of the human individual See more

• Deriabin, V. E. (1987). "Age-related changes in human body proportions studied by the method of principal components". Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly. Biologicheskie Nauki (1): 50–55. PMID 3828410.
• Bogin, B; Varela-Silva, M. I. (2010). See more

• Changing body proportions during growth Archived 2017-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
• "Body visualizer". MPI IS Perceiving Systems Department, Max Planck Institute. 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2020. See more