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A treatise of painting (1721)

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Senex, John, d. 1740 · London : Printed for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 212

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ofed in another more large, but more feeble withal, as the Sun in the Air, the weakeft will in that cafe have the effect of a Sha- Difproporti- dow, on the Bodies illumined by it. ons in the Tis very ridiculous, but at the fame time ve- Circumfian- ry common for Painters, to be overfcen in pro-… … By Leonardo da Vinci. 147 bly low, that they fcarce reach to the Knees, oftheir Inhabitants-, though they be even fuppoiHnearer the Eye of the Spectator, than the Per-ions who are to enter within them •, thus Ci-ties, and Towns are lometimes fo pitifully little,that one of the Figures behind, might…

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