A treatise of painting . front- /?? tot,.. *By Leonardo da Vinci. 105 ble to the Action it is about, whether that be{low and heavy, or whether it require a greaterfhare of Activity, and Fire: Thus to throw aDart, a Srone, or any the like projectile, letyour Figure be feen in fuch an Attitude, andhave fuch a Difpofition in all its Members, thatits Intention may plainly appear: The two ad-joyning Figures furnifh you with Inftances ofthis kind •, where their different Attitudes doplainly fhow them engagd in very differentActions. A mows the greateft Zeal and Earneft-riefs, and aims a Dart, B appe
A treatise of painting . front- /?? tot,.. *By Leonardo da Vinci. 105 ble to the Action it is about, whether that be{low and heavy, or whether it require a greaterfhare of Activity, and Fire: Thus to throw aDart, a Srone, or any the like projectile, letyour Figure be feen in fuch an Attitude, andhave fuch a Difpofition in all its Members, thatits Intention may plainly appear: The two ad-joyning Figures furnifh you with Inftances ofthis kind •, where their different Attitudes doplainly fhow them engagd in very differentActions. A mows the greateft Zeal and Earneft-riefs, and aims a Dart, B appears more cool andlanguid, grafping a Stone-, now A will certain-ly throw his Dart to a greater Diftance, than Bhis Stone, becaufe though they both look thelame Way, and feem to aim at the fame Mark,yet in Effect, A makes the moft refblute Effort;for his Feet are turnd on the fide oppoiite tothat where he meditates his flroke } fo that inrecovering himfelf, the Parts fpring nimbly backto their Place, and difcharge the Dart with in-credib
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