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


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LDE T0295   CID183  Of the Equilibrium of Figures

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The Hole of the Neck between the two Cla vicles, must hang perpendicularly over the Foot that bears the Body; if an Arm be stretch'd out, the Hole quits its perpendicular, and if a Leg be thrown backwards, the same Hole advances forwards; so that in every new Attitude it gets a new Situation.