Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Rigaud, J. F. (John Francis), 1742-1810, Brown, John William · London : J.B. Nichols and Son ... · leaf 319
may, however, be proper to re- MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. 211 Chap. CCCXLV.—How to draw a Figure standingupon its Feet, to appear forty Braccia * high, ina Space of twenty Braccia, ivith proportionateMembers. In this, as in any other case, the painter is notto mind what kind of surface he has to… … mark, that though the author has here supposed both objects con-veyed to the eye by an angle of the same extent, they cannot, infact, be so seen, unless one eye be shut; and the reason is this :if viewed with both eyes, there will be two points of sight, one inthe centre of each eye; and the rays…
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