A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of the Motion of the Members
4004154A Treatise on Painting — Of the Motion of the MembersJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CIX.Of the Motion of the Members.

Let every member be employed in performing its proper functions. For instance, in a dead body, or one asleep, no member should appear alive or awake. A foot bearing the weight of the whole body, should not be playing its toes up and down, but flat upon the ground; except when it rests entirely upon the heel.