In this section of the site two galleries of images are
submitted.
The first gallery considers a human body in direct projections, and the second
gallery considers a human body in lateral projections.
Direct (frontal) projections of a body are compared to tetragrams
which are similar to hexagrams of the Chinese Book of Changes I-Ching, but differ
quantity of lines.
Tetragrams allow to classify various forms of human bodies that is shown on the scheme:
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On the scheme conditional contours of the human body
are shown, and the basic formal levels which correspond to positional
structure of lines in tetragrams I-Ching are allocated: shoulders correspond to the fourth top position; waist corresponds to the third position; bones of the pelvis correspond to the second position; thigh (hips) correspond to the first bottom position. Contours of the human body change and form different figures according to positions of lines in tetragrams, namely conditional contours of the human body vary depending on character of lines in tetragrams. If any position in a tetragram is occupied with the interrupted line then the appropriate formal level of a body is expressed (increased), and if any position in a tetragram is occupied with the whole line then the appropriate formal level of a body is not expressed (reduced). The main thing is the dark contour which specifies a figure of the person, and the white contour designates maximal proportions of the body. That is absence of white contours specifies the expressed levels of the human body and corresponds to the interrupted lines in tetragrams, and presence of white contours specifies the not expressed levels of the human body and corresponds to the whole lines in tetragrams. Namely if a formal level of the human body expressed then the dark contour hides the white contour, and if a formal level of the human body not expressed then the white contour is seen. There are 16 tetragrams I-Ching to which there correspond 16 figures of the human body. Figures are constructed according to tetragrams provided that dark and white contours designate formal deviations aside the maximal and minimal proportions. |
Lateral projections of a body (are compared to hexagrams of the Book of Changes I-Ching).
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The scheme shows the parity of formal levels of a
human body with positional structure of lines in hexagrams I-Ching: back corresponds to the sixth top position; breast corresponds to the fifth position; loins (waist) corresponds to the fourth position; stomach corresponds to the third position; buttocks correspond to the second position; legs (forward muscles of legs) correspond to the first bottom position. The main dark contour specifies the basic figure of a human body, and the white contour designates deviations to the maximal proportions. If any position in a hexagram is occupied with the interrupted line then the appropriate formal level of a human body is expressed, that corresponds to the increased dark contour and not seen white contour. If any position in a hexagram is occupied with the whole line then the appropriate formal level of a human body is not expressed, that corresponds to the reduced dark contour and the seen white contour. |
The images shown in galleries are formal figures of human bodies
(formal figures of female bodies) and consequently conditionally correspond
with real human forms. But nevertheless the shown images allow to classify
figures of the human body by means of tetragrams and hexagrams I-Ching which have
characteristics allowing to judge features of human character which are
connected with figures of the body. It is possible to speak that tetragrams and
hexagrams I-Ching are mathematical model and character sets which systematize the
constitutional types of human bodies and determine features of human character
which are connected to proportions of human bodies.
Or it is possible to speak that tetragrams and hexagrams I-Ching symbolize proportions
of the human body which determine the constitution of the body and are
expression of the genetic form of the person.
The detailed information on tetragrams and hexagrams I-Ching look in the other site:
www.emotions.64g.ru , where concepts of the canon of changes (concepts of the
Chinese Book of Changes I-Ching) are compared to physiognomic types of human
faces, and also compared to emotional and psychological types of the human person:
In the human body other number of formal levels can be allocated and there can be more volumetric classifications of proportional forms, but such classifications are inexpedient. To determine the basic constitutional types of the human body, it is enough to allocate four formal levels in direct projections of a body and to allocate six formal levels in lateral projections of a body, that allows to compare figures of the human body to hexagrams of the Book of Changes I-Ching and tetragrams I-Ching.
The additional information on constitutional proportions of the human body will be
published in the future if such information will be interesting and will
take place on pages of this gallery of erotic labyrinths.
The information on geometrical and mathematical proportions of a human
body look on pages of other site:
www.phantomgallery.64g.ru/pyramid/pyr1en.htm