Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Senex, John, d. 1740 · London : Printed for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 231
•, forin that afc, thofe Branches of the Tree, whichface the Sun, will be diminifhed to that De-gree, as almoft to become invifible: And thelame thing will be found in holding out a Pike,or other long Pole, ftraight between the Eye,and the Sun. Parallel Bodies, placed upright, and feen in aFog,… … iff *By Leonardo da Vinci. i57 • Bodies feen at adiftance, appear ill proporti-oned: this happens, becaule the brighter partsfend their Images to the Eye, (tfonger and morefenfible, than thofe emitted from the obfeurerparts i and I once observed, in looking at aWoman, who was drefsd in Mourning,…
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · Painting · Drawing · Perspective
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