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A treatise of painting (1721)

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Pinted for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 222

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s the Curviture of the Arch, mufthave its Breadths and Thicknefies further dimi-nifhed, in the fame Manner as if it were ftraight \and to proceed the more furely, it may be con-venient to mark out this Diminution, on fomeeven Plane, where yon may lay your Figure,taken off from the feignYl Wall, N… … & / . By Leonardo da Vinci. 15$ Obferve, that where your Shadows termi-Rcmarks rcnatc, there be always an Appearance of a halfIatI§ to^Shadowy that is, a mixture of Light and Sha-S^dwasdow -, and that the Shadow be more perfectlymingled with the Light, as it is further remo-ved from the dark…

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