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A treatise of painting (1721)

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Pinted for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 131

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hiefly inthe Joncrures and ThicknciTes of Members \ it be-ing in thefe that Nature her felf feems to afFe&the greateit Variety.The Arm ion- A Painter is indifpenfibly obliged to be ac-gcr when bent, qUajnted with Ofteology ; That is, with the feve- tlian when ^ Bones fervjng as Frops tQ bear „p… … K A T^y LEONARDO DA ViNcr. 10? when extended, is not equal to that of the fameArm, when contracted •, it always Iofinrz; or gain- ~Ping an eighth part of its Meaflire, 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…

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