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ting, and the pos-sibilities of illusion inoil painting attainableby thejusejaf lights and shadows. He was the first to perceive that forms in natureare rarely seen in hard outlines, but rather in masses ofcolor, and to realize that insistance on the outline in paint-ing must be at the expense of… … Fig. 71.— La Gioconda. Portrait by Da Vinci,Louvre. 134 Renaissance and Modern Art. did Da Vinci or his followers depart from this point ofview in wall-painting, although he employed oil color forthe Last Supper. In panel painting, his great art in themodeling of the figure was, however, to present…
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