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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0355   CID230  Of compound Motion

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A compound Motion, is that which a Man performs, when on any Occasion, he bends both downwards, and sidewise at the same time. And here it may not be impertinent to advertise the Painter, to persue his compound Motions; and to make them appear, quite through the Piece he is Painting: That is, having given any of his Figures, a compound Attitude suitable to the Subject of his History; let him never weaken its Force, or Expression, by accompanying it with the simple Motion of some other Figure, less attentive to the matter in Hand.