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True or False: a canon is an ever-changing set of rules and proportions for rendering nature and the human figure.

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A set of rules governing the proportions of the human body or common objects as they are to be rendered by artists. Polykleitos is credited with the derivation of a canon or proportions – a set of rules about body parts and their dimensions relative to one another that became the standard for creating the ideal figure. Ideally, the head is one-eighth of the total height of the body and the width from shoulder to shoulder should not exceed one-fourth of the body’s height.

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