Die Proportionen des Gesichts in der griechischen Kunst
An 1893 Berlin study by the art historian August Kalkmann on facial proportions in Greek sculpture, written for scholars of art and anatomy. Its plates photograph marble and bronze heads in oval or rectangular frames, showing each head in three-quarter, profile and frontal views with curled hair and smooth modelled faces. A designer could take from these the classical ideal of balanced features, the stylised spiral curls, and the way strong light models a face.
