360

The movement of the torso.

OF PAINTING.

Note in the motions and attitudes of figures how the limbs vary, and their feeling, for the shoulderblades in the motions of the arms and shoulders vary the [line of the] back bone very much. And you will find all the causes of this in my book of Anatomy.

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.

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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,

370,

371,

372,

373,

Of walking up and down.

375,

376,

377,

378,

On the human body in action.

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