A treatise of painting . it being one of the Wonders of Nature, offi ures! that in a11 her infinite Productions, we never findany one, of what kind foever, precifely like ano-ther. You therefore, whofe Bufinefs it is toimitate Nature, conlider that Variety which fhefets before your Eyes ^ and learn from her, todiverfifie your Contours; avoiding withal, anything Monflerous and Shocking, as Legs toolong, Bodies too fhort, (trait Brcails, long Arms,and the like •, and indulging your felf chiefly inthe Jonciures and Thicknefles of Members •, it be-ing in thefe that Nature her felf feems to affectt
A treatise of painting . it being one of the Wonders of Nature, offi ures! that in a11 her infinite Productions, we never findany one, of what kind foever, precifely like ano-ther. You therefore, whofe Bufinefs it is toimitate Nature, conlider that Variety which fhefets before your Eyes ^ and learn from her, todiverfifie your Contours; avoiding withal, anything Monflerous and Shocking, as Legs toolong, Bodies too fhort, (trait Brcails, long Arms,and the like •, and indulging your felf chiefly inthe Jonciures and Thicknefles of Members •, it be-ing in thefe that Nature her felf feems to affectthe greateft Arm Ion- A Painter is indifpenfibly obliged to be ac-gcr when bent, quainted with Qfteology : That is, with the feve-^an ***** ral Bones ferving as Props to bear up the Fleih,rtretc out. vvjierewjti1 tj^ey are covered \ and with the Jon- iiure^ v/hich cccaficn the Limbs in bending toenlarge and diminiih , for the length of the Arm when fie St. *B/ Leonardo da Vinci. jo? when extended, is not equal to that of the fameArm, when contra&ed*, it always lofing^or gain-ing an eighth part of its Meafurc, as it is ftretch-ed out or drawn in. This fhortening and length-ening of the Arm, is owing to the Bone betweenthe Shoulder and the Elbow \ which withdraw-ing out of its Cavity, when the Elbow is bentinto an Acute Angle, [_m you fee in the Figure AB ~] adds to the length of that part of the Arm -,and this Addition will be always the greater, asthe Angle at the Elbow is more acute \ and onthe contrary, as the Angle at the Elbow growsmore obtufe, this part of the Arm muft becomeihorter. All the Parts of an Animal, mud bear a fuit- The Pajts «.fahlenefs and conformity to the whole: Thus *n Animal *where the whole Animal is thick and fiiort, each be, madc •£* ?**? t -I cl \ r i • table to one Member in particular, mult be \o too , where itanothcr>is tall and (lender, the Members muft be tall andilender, likewife
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