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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0264   CID161  The different Proportions in the Body of a Man, and that of a Child

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Man, in his first Infancy, has the breadth of his Shoulders, equal to the length of his Face; as likewise, to that part of his Arm between the Shoulder and the Elbow, when the Arm is bent: It is, likewise, equal to the space between the Elbow, and the long Finger; and further, to the interval between the Joncture of the Knee and that of the Foot: But when he is arrived at his utmost pitch, these Measures become all double in length, except the Face, which, together with the Head, undergoes very little Alteration: Thus, a Man come to his full Growth, if he be well proportioned, ought to be in height ten Faces, the breadth of his Shoulders, two Faces, and all the other parts, just mentioned, as many: For the rest, we shall treat of them, when we come to consider the Proportions of all the Parts of a Human Body.