A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 13

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of the Proportion of the Members
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3995514A Treatise on Painting — Of the Proportion of the MembersJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci
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Chap. XIII.—Of the Proportion of the Members.

Measure upon yourself the proportion of the parts, and, if you find any of them defective, note it down, and be very careful to avoid it in drawing your own compositions. For this is reckoned a common fault in painters, to delight in the imitation of themselves.

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