Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Rigaud, J. F. (John Francis), 1742-1810, Brown, John William · London : J.B. Nichols and Son ... · leaf 168
er thereby to reduce it to one point of sight. 60 LINEAR PERSPECTIVE. figures on the fore-ground are to be finished withas much precision as those of any large painting,because being small they are to be brought upclose to the eye. But large paintings are seen atsome distance; whence it happens,… … painting be B C, the eye A, and D E a pane ofglass, through which are seen the figures situatedat B C. I say that the eye being fixed, the figuresin the copy of the paintings B Care to be smaller,in proportion as the glass D E is nearer the eye A,and are to be as precise and finished. But if…
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