A treatise on painting . BY LEONARDO DA VINCI. IO5 ble to the aclion it is about, whether that beflow and heavy, or whether it require a greaterfhare of adlivity and fire: thus to throw adart, a ftone, or any the like projcdile, letyour figure be fcen in fuch an altitudey andhave fuch a difpofition in all its members, thatits intention may plainly appear. The two ad-joining figures furnifh you with inftances ofthis kind; where their different attitudes doplainly (hew them engaged in very differentadlions. A fhews the greatcfi: zeal and earneft-nefs, and aims a dart; B appears more cool andlang
A treatise on painting . BY LEONARDO DA VINCI. IO5 ble to the aclion it is about, whether that beflow and heavy, or whether it require a greaterfhare of adlivity and fire: thus to throw adart, a ftone, or any the like projcdile, letyour figure be fcen in fuch an altitudey andhave fuch a difpofition in all its members, thatits intention may plainly appear. The two ad-joining figures furnifh you with inftances ofthis kind; where their different attitudes doplainly (hew them engaged in very differentadlions. A fhews the greatcfi: zeal and earneft-nefs, and aims a dart; B appears more cool andlanguid, grafping a flone ; nov/ A will certain-ly throw his dart to a greater diftance, than Bhis flone; becaufe though they both look thefame way, and feem to aim at the fame mark,yet in effect A makes the moft refolutc effort;for his feet are turned on the lide oppofite tothat where he meditates his ftroke; fb that inrecovering himfelf, the parts fpring nimbly backto their placCj and difcharge the dart with in-credible vc
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