344

The arm and head.

From b to a is one head, as well as from c to a and this happens when the elbow forms a right angle.

[Footnote: See Pl. XLI, No. 1.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

343 * 345

VI * VIII

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VII: On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure.

. . .

Relative proportion of the hand and foot.

324

Relative proportions of the foot and of the face.

325,

326,

327

Proportions of the leg.

328,

329,

330,

331

On the central point of the whole body.

332

The relative proportions of the torso and of the whole figure.

333

The relative proportions of the head and of the torso.

334

The relative proportions of the torso and of the leg.

335,

336

The relative proportions of the torso and of the foot.

337

The proportions of the whole figure.

338,

339,

340,

341

The torso from the front and back.

342

Vitruvius’ scheme of proportions.

343

The arm and head.

344

Proportions of the arm.

345,

346,

347,

348,

349

The movement of the arm.

350,

351,

352,

353,

354

The movement of the torso.

355,

356,

357,

358,

359,

360,

361

The proportions vary at different ages.

362,

363,

364

. . .