The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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right arm and fist raised on high. His hair must be thrown up, his  
brow downcast and knit, his teeth clenched and the two corners of  
his mouth grimly set; his neck swelled and bent forward as he leans  
over his foe, and full of furrows.  
HOW TO REPRESENT A MAN IN DESPAIR.  
You must show a man in despair with a knife, having already torn  
open his garments, and with one hand tearing open the wound. And  
make him standing on his feet and his legs somewhat bent and his  
whole person leaning towards the earth; his hair flying in disorder.  
Of representing imaginary animals.  
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85.  
HOW YOU SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGINARY ANIMAL LOOK NATURAL.  
You know that you cannot invent animals without limbs, each of  
which, in itself, must resemble those of some other animal. Hence if  
you wish to make an animal, imagined by you, appear natural--let us  
say a Dragon, take for its head that of a mastiff or hound, with the  
eyes of a cat, the ears of a porcupine, the nose of a greyhound, the  
brow of a lion, the temples of an old cock, the neck of a water  
tortoise.  
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