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Episode 05 - Canons of proportion
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53 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
The history of canons of proportions and their use by sculptors is discussed in this week's episode. From the Egyptians up to the present day, artists have sought the key to caputring an ideal, or a norm, in human form. As it happens, notions of ideals - and of what we consider normal - change over time, which has given rise to dozens of canons practiced by different artists at different times. Host Jason Arkles discusses several, and how artists have always sought to tie the measurements of the human form to other notions of perfection- be it the sacred, or geometry - or even sacred geometry.
Released:
Nov 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (96)
Episode 05 - Canons of proportion: What is the key to ideal human proportion? It turns out there are almost as many ideals as there are people. by The Sculptor's Funeral