382

On the human body in action.

OF PAINTING.

If you have to draw a man who is in motion, or lifting or pulling, or carrying a weight equal to his own, in what way must you set on his legs below his body?

[Footnote: In the MS. this question remains unanswered.]

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

381 * 383

VI * VIII

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

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

. . .

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,

378,

379

On the human body in action.

380,

381,

382,

383,

384,

385,

386,

387,

388

On hair falling down in curls.

389

On draperies.

390,

391,

392

. . .