< A Treatise on Painting
Chap. LXXIX.—In what Manner extending one Arm alters the Balance.
The extending of the arm, which was bent, removes the weight of the figure upon the foot which bears the weight of the whole body: as is observable in rope-dancers, who dance upon the rope with their arms open, without any pole.
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