A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 26

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
What is principally to be observed in Figures
3996977A Treatise on Painting — What is principally to be observed in FiguresJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

ANATOMY.

Chap. XXVI.What is principally to be observed in Figures.

The principal and most important consideration required in drawing figures, is to set the head well upon the shoulders, the chest upon the hips, the hips and shoulders upon the feet.