Restorative Art - Facial Profiles, Head Views, Bilateral Forms of the Head

When the forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows, and the chin protrudes beyond the plane of the upper lip.

Concave

The “least common” facial profile

Concave

The forehead recedes posteriorly from the eyebrows, while the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip.

Convex

The “most common” facial profile

Convex

The chin, forehead, and upper lip ALL project to an imaginary vertical line. Not one feature protrudes more than another.

Vertical/Balanced

These 3 represent the basic facial shapes - although there are combinations of them.

Concave, Convex, and Vertical/Balanced

The forehead recedes from the eyebrows, and the chin protrudes from the plane of the upper lip.

Convex-Concave

The forehead protrudes from beyond the eyebrows, and the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip.

Concave-Convex

The forehead and eyebrows project “equally” to an imaginary line, and the chin recedes from the upper lip.

Vertical, Convex

The forehead recedes from the eyebrows, while the chin and upper lip project equally to an imaginary line.

Convex-Vertical

The forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows, while the upper lip and chin project to an imaginary line.

Concave-Vertical

The forehead and eyebrows project to an imaginary line, and the chin protrudes more than the upper lip.

Vertical-Concave

How many facial profiles all together

9

Geometric patterns are made by _____ versus _____ measurement.

Length, Width

It is always a vertical dimension

Length

It’s always a transverse or horizontal dimension

Width

The widest part of the cranium, is measured by a horizontal line across the parietal eminences

Bi-Parietal Width

The widest part of the face (5 eye-widths wide) is measured by a horizontal line from the peak of one Zygomatic arch to the peak of the other Zygomatic arch.

Bi-Zygomatic Width

The widest part of the jaw, a measured by a transverse line across the angles of the jaw.

Bi-Mandibular Width

How many “basic” head shapes from the frontal view?

7

The ideal and most common head shape

Oval

In this head shape, the cheekbones are wider than the cranium, and the cranium is slightly wider than the lower jaw.

Oval

This head shape is short and identified by round cheeks and a rounded, fuller jawline, and a rounded cranium.

Round

This head shape appears to be short and composed of straight lines. The forehead, jawline, and cheeks are approximately the same width. The hair line is often straight as well.

Square

This head shape appears significantly wider at the jawline than the cheekbone and forehead. The forehead is the narrowest feature. Eyes are close-set.

Triangle

The “least common” head shape

Triangle

This head shape is categorized by a jawline that is narrower than the cheekbones or forehead. The forehead is the widest part of the face. The eyes are wide-set.

Inverted Triangle

This head shape is characterized by wide cheekbones and a narrow forehead and jawline. The greatest width is the cheekbones.

Diamond

A head shape that is long and narrow. The forehead and chin may be rounded or square. The nose is usually long.

Oblong

When speaking of bilateral curvatures, these 4 curvatures may include the:

forehead, superior integumentary lips, chin, and cheeks.

A symmetrical face has parts or aspects that are

equal or equivalent

An asymmetrical face has parts or aspects that are

not equal or not equivalent

When both eyes are not the same width, one side of the mouth is longer than other, one side of the nose is wider than the other, one cheek more prominent than the other, or when the ears exhibit the greatest difference in position, form, and size — we say these features are ___________.

Asymmetrical