A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 57

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud

Of the Bending of the Body

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3999997A Treatise on Painting — Of the Bending of the BodyJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. LVII.—Of the Bending of the Body.

The bodies of men diminish as much on the side which bends, as they increase on the opposite side. That diminution may at last become double, in proportion to the extension on the other side. But of this I shall make a separate treatise^[1].

↑ It is believed that this treatise, like many others promised by the author, was never written; and to save the necessity of frequently repeating this fact, the reader is here informed, once for all, that in the life of the author prefixed to this edition, will be found an account of the works promised or projected by him, and how far his intentions have been carried into effect.

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[1] It is believed that this treatise, like many others promised by the author, was never written; and to save the necessity of frequently repeating this fact, the reader is here informed, once for all, that in the life of the author prefixed to this edition, will be found an account of the works promised or projected by him, and how far his intentions have been carried into effect.

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