350

The movement of the arm.

In the innermost bend of the joints of every limb the reliefs are converted into a hollow, and likewise every hollow of the innermost bends becomes a convexity when the limb is straightened to the utmost. And in this very great mistakes are often made by those who have insufficient knowledge and trust to their own invention and do not have recourse to the imitation of nature; and these variations occur more in the middle of the sides than in front, and more at the back than at the sides.

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

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

. . .

330,

On the central point of the whole body.

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

The relative proportions of the head and of the torso.

The relative proportions of the torso and of the leg.

335,

The relative proportions of the torso and of the foot.

The proportions of the whole figure.

338,

339,

340,

The torso from the front and back.

Vitruvius’ scheme of proportions.

The arm and head.

Proportions of the arm.

345,

346,

347,

348,

The movement of the arm.

350,

351,

352,

353,

The movement of the torso.

355,

356,

357,

358,

359,

360,

The proportions vary at different ages.

362,

363,

364,

365,

366,

The movement of the human figure.

368,

369,

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