Vol. I: VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 362.

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362.

OF PAINTING.

The proportions varyat different ages (362-367).Indicate which are the muscles, and which the tendons, which become prominent or retreat in the different movements of each limb; or which do neither [but are passive]. And remember that these indications of action are of the first importance and necessity in any painter or sculptor who professes to be a master &c

And indicate the same in a child, and from birth to decrepitude at every stage of its life; as infancy, childhood, boyhood, youth &c

And in each express the alterations in the limbs and joints, which swell and which grow thinner.

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