A treatise on painting . ! motion pro- All iiiotion procccds from a lofs o^ i^quilibri^tohtu^^t^^^^ that is, of equality, or ballance: this muftilbrium. always ceafe ere motion cart commence; and ever the further any body is removed from its eqiiili^^r///w,theq^uicker and more violent is its the equiu- A figure itanding on olie of its feet, will al-kriumofafi. i^yays huvc the (houlder of that lide lower than.^^^^ the other ; and the hole of the neck, at the fame lime, perpendicularly over the middle of theleg which fupports the body. This will be thecafe, in whatever iinc the figu
A treatise on painting . ! motion pro- All iiiotion procccds from a lofs o^ i^quilibri^tohtu^^t^^^^ that is, of equality, or ballance: this muftilbrium. always ceafe ere motion cart commence; and ever the further any body is removed from its eqiiili^^r///w,theq^uicker and more violent is its the equiu- A figure itanding on olie of its feet, will al-kriumofafi. i^yays huvc the (houlder of that lide lower than.^^^^ the other ; and the hole of the neck, at the fame lime, perpendicularly over the middle of theleg which fupports the body. This will be thecafe, in whatever iinc the figure be feen ; whe-ther its arnis be but little advanced from thebody ; whether it be free of any burthen onit*sback, its fliouldcr, or its hand ; or whether theleg out of office, be not far detached from thebody, either forwards or backwards,ofihegiacefui- The of a body muft be fo managed,neisoi the j^g j.|-j^,. j.)^j,y j^j^y produce the effect intended by the figure,, in the rnoft graceful manner: thus. /> -^. BY LEONARDO DA VINCU II5 thus, in rcprefcnting a figure that may appearnoble and generous, obferve that its membersbe flender and genteel, the niufcles not too boldand apparent, but even thofe which ncceilit/requires to be feen, touched with foftnefs anddelicacy; the members, and efpecially thearms, muft not appear ft iff and obilinate, thatis, they muft not be ftretched out in right lineswith the other members lo which they are join-ed ; and if it be found necefTary, on account ofthe pofition of the figure, that the right haunchbe feen higher than the left, let the left flioulderbe higher than the right; and let its jonoturehang perpendicularly over the moft elevatedpart of the haunch : let the hole of the neckbe always directly over the middle of the^wr-///rf of the foot on which the figure refts; andlet the leg, which does not fupport the body,have its knee lower than the other knee, anddrawn near the other leg. As to the attitudes ofthe head and the arms,
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