357

The movement of the torso.

OF THE LOINS, WHEN BENT.

The loins or backbone being bent. The breasts are are always lower than the shoulderblades of the back.

If the breast bone is arched the breasts are higher than the shoulderblades.

If the loins are upright the breast will always be found at the same level as the shoulderblades.

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

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

356 * 358

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 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,

374

Of walking up and down.

375,

376,

377

. . .