Christ and Bourdelle's Soldiers

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  • 基督と Bourdelle の戦士像
  • キリスト ト Bourdelle ノ センシゾウ シセイ ノ ハンシャ セイリ
  • A Reflex Physiological Study of Human Postures
  • 姿勢の反射生理的考察

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Earlier, I demonstrated that the postural reflex of Magnus, especially the neck reflex, constitutes the basis of the normal posture not only of animals but also of human beings, using the examples of ball-catching in baseball, heading in soccer, a thundergod's picture by Sotatsu Tawaraya and the statue of the Deva King at the Kofukuji Temple. In a reflex physiological analysis of postures, I showed that there existed postures which were incompatible with the neck reflex, as in the case of acceleration toward a certain direction.<br>In this paper, I have psychologically examined the posture of Christ in a painting which is incompatible with the neck reflex, in contrast to that of a tax collector in the same painting. Examining two of Antoine Bourdelle's sculptures of soldiers, I have attempted, from the viewpoint of reflex physiology, an analysis of fighting postures of the soldiers, who appeared to have been surrounded by their enemies.

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