"The lover can see, and the knowledgeable."
—Annie Dillard, "Seeing," Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

23 September 2008

assignment for thursday, september 25

do the assignment that was due today (tuesday, september 23), only this time find three different old master drawings that highlight the pelvis or have particularly rich information about the pelvis.

find a 1) straight-on, 2) 3/4, and 3) a moderately to extremely foreshortened point of view.

using tracing paper and a colored pencil or pen, trace this information.

post the original copied/scanned images to your blog along with your tracings. write a paragraph about the structure of the pelvis in the drawings.

make sure you find and label these landmarks on your tracing paper (depending, of course, on whether the point of view of the drawing includes these (e.g., sacrum for the back views):
  • iliac crest
  • anterior superior iliac spine[s] (primary pelvic point[s])
  • anterior inferior iliac spine[s] (secondary pelvic point[s]) if you can see them, or the top of the quadriceps
  • symphysis pubis, or spines of pubic bone[s]
  • inguinal ligament
  • posterior superior iliac spine[s]
  • sacrum
  • gluteal cleft (line between glutes)
  • gluteal fold (line under the glutes)

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