CHAPTER X 



LOCOMOTION IN MAN 

 From an Artistic Point of View 



Summary. — Influence of Photography on Art— Different characteristics 

 of ancient and modern works of art — Photography catches tin- 

 real attitude — Importance of representing the correct outline 

 of muscles during different actions— Photographs taken from 

 different points of view — Photographs taken from above — 

 Study of the most characteristic attitudes in a movement 

 — importance of having a series of photographs from which to 

 cho' se the most expressive attitude — Analysis of facial expression 

 — Choice of the best method for procuring artistic results. 



Photography has already rendered great services to 

 Art. Some artists openly admit it, and many more 

 make use of it, as may readily be seen by comparing 

 recent works with those of earlier date. It is more 

 especially instantaneous photography that has had 

 such an influence, because it has afforded reliable 

 pictures of phenomena of very short duration, such, for 

 instance, as of sea waves, or even of the attitudes of 

 men or animals during the performance of the most 

 rapid movements. 



We are not qualified to speak of iEsthetics, still less 

 to discuss the question as to whether Art has the right 

 to represent violent actions, or whether it should 

 restrict itself to more reposeful attitudes. In the 

 latter, the characteristic expressions are easier to 

 reproduce from living models ; but, as a matter oi fact, 



