Read the body as a designed structure.
Move from base and support to limb, gesture, relation and viewpoint before asking the pose to carry identity or narrative.
Standing figures are built from support and balance
Read feet, back pillar, base, arms and viewing axis before turning a stable pose into a story of movement.
Open study →02POSE STUDYA seated pose begins with seat, weight and hands
Read the figure and support as one composition before interpreting stillness, authority, writing or ritual action.
Open study →03POSE STUDYBlock statues compress the body without removing it
Use silhouette, exposed limbs, inscription fields and viewpoint to read a compact form as a deliberate composition.
Open study →04POSE STUDYPairs create relation through scale, touch and axis
Read each figure first, then the physical connections that make two bodies one sculptural composition.
Open study →05POSE STUDYGesture suggests action but does not complete the story
Use hand, limb, attribute and support to describe a performed pose without assigning an unsupported event.
Open study →06POSE STUDYRelief figures move across a plane, not around a room
Read profile, frontal elements, register, carved depth and fragment edge as one designed field.
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