< A Treatise on Painting
Chap. XXXV.—Of the Joints of the Fingers.
The joints of the fingers appear larger on all sides when they bend; the more they bend the larger they appear. The contrary is the case when straight. It is the same in the toes, and it will be more perceptible in proportion to their fleshiness.
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