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A treatise of painting (1721)

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Senex, John, d. 1740 · London : Printed for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 131

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long Arms,and the like \ and indulging your felf chiefly inthe Jonclures and Thicknefles of Members \ it be-ing in thefe that Nature her felf feems to affedthe. greateit Variety.The Arm ion- A Painter is indifpenfibly obliged to be ac-gcr when bent, quainted with Ofleolcgy : That is, with the… … By LEONARDO DA VlNCT, jo£ when extended, is not equal to that of the lameArm, when contracted •, it always lollngor gain-ing an eighth part of its Meafiirc, as it is ftretch-ed out or drawn in. This ihortening and length-ening of the Arm, is owing to the Bone betweenthe Shoulder and the Elbow ^…

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