| 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 |
| 1 | 306 | 613 | 919 | 1225 |
|
The selection of Leonardo's axioms contained in the Vatican copy
attributes these words to the author: "e il resto si dira nella
universale misura del huomo". (MANZI, p. 147; LUDWIG, No. 264).
LOMAZZO, again, in his Idea del Tempio della Pittura Milano 1590,
cap. IV, says: "Lionardo Vinci ... dimostro anco in figura tutte
le proporzioni dei membri del corpo umano".
The Vatican copy includes but very few sections of the "Universale
misura del huomo" and until now nothing has been made known of the
original MSS. on the subject which have supplied the very extensive
materials for this portion of the work. The collection at Windsor,
belonging to her Majesty the Queen, includes by far the most
important part of Leonardo's investigations on this subject,
constituting about half of the whole of the materials here
published; and the large number of original drawings adds greatly to
the interest which the subject itself must command. Luca Paciolo
would seem to have had these MSS. (which I have distinguished by the
initials W. P.) in his mind when he wrote the passage quoted above.
Still, certain notes of a later date--such as Nos. 360, 362 and 363,
from MS. E, written in 1513--14, sufficiently prove that Leonardo did
not consider his earlier studies on the Proportions and Movements of
the Human Figure final and complete, as we might suppose from Luca
Paciolo's statement. Or else he took the subject up again at a
subsequent period, since his former researches had been carried on
at Milan between 1490 and 1500. Indeed it is highly probable that
230
Page
Quick Jump
|