CHAPTER 3ADVANCING THE IDEA OF GESTURE
So far, we’ve focused on gesture (the fundamental design line) as a way to give life to each body part and link to the structure. When considering the human body, it is made up of lots of parts, and they all need to work together. In chapter 1, I defined structure as “the movement over the forms.” Think of gesture as the movement between the forms.
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion, c. 1620, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640). Chalk, ink, and gouache on paper. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts/Bridgeman Images.
The Design of Life
Gesture’s greatest gift is to show, on a fundamental level, ...
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