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remote from such contact so that the skin hangs in an empty loose
curve as at f; but it should be like i, laid over the spongy fat
that lies in the angles as the angle n m o; which angle is formed
by the contact of the ends of the muscles and as the skin cannot
fold down into such an angle, nature has filled up such angles with
a small quantity of spongy and, as I may say, vesicular fat, with
minute bladders [in it] full of air, which is condensed or rarefied
in them according to the increase or the diminution of the substance
of the muscles; in which latter case the concavity i always has a
larger curve than the muscle.
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OF UNDULATING MOVEMENTS AND EQUIPOISE IN FIGURES AND OTHER
ANIMALS.
When representing a human figure or some graceful animal, be careful
to avoid a wooden stiffness; that is to say make them move with
equipoise and balance so as not to look like a piece of wood; but
those you want to represent as strong you must not make so,
excepting in the turn of the head.
How to pose figures.
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