353

The movement of the arm.

The principal movements of the hand are 10; that is forwards, backwards, to right and to left, in a circular motion, up or down, to close and to open, and to spread the fingers or to press them together.

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

352 * 354

VI * VIII

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

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

. . .

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,

365,

366,

367

The movement of the human figure.

368,

369,

370,

371,

372,

373

. . .