Ch 5 Facial Proportions Flashcards
Mathematical relationship of the size of the features to each other and/or to the head
Facial Proportions
Who created the canon of beauty/ rule of judgment?
Ancient Greeks
Are faces symmetrical?
NO
The four surfaces of the face that exhibit a similarity of bilateral curvatures
Forehead
Cheeks
Superior integumentary lip
Chin
What 8 lines divide the face into six special zones
Horizontal
What lines are used to determine the width of head features by using the width of the eye as a standard of measurement
Vertical
Where is the widest part of the head is measured?
The distance between the two parietal eminemces
How many noses is the face long?
3
a surface lying at a right angle to the source of illumination, which reflects the maximum amount of light; the lighter and brighter part: Raised areas
Highlight
Surfaces which do not lie at right angles to the source of illumination or are obscured by other surfaces and which reflect little or no light: Creases, grooves, and depressions
Shadow
The silhouette of the face from a side view
facial profiles
a profile where the forehead recedes posteriorly from the eyebrows, while the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip ( most common type)
Convex profile
a profile where the forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows, and the chin protrudes beyond the infantine retrousse plane of the upper lip
Concave profile
a profile where the chin,forehead, and upper lip all project to an imaginary line, not any one feature protrudes or recedes more than the other two
Vertical/Balanced profile
How many combination profiles are there?
6
