The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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shoulders vary the [line of the] back bone very much. And you will  
find all the causes of this in my book of Anatomy.  
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61.  
OF [CHANGE OF] ATTITUDE.  
The pit of the throat is over the feet, and by throwing one arm  
forward the pit of the throat is thrown off that foot. And if the  
leg is thrown forward the pit of the throat is thrown forward; and.  
so it varies in every attitude.  
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62.  
OF PAINTING.  
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  
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