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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 246

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and further,khz f the-Ground of that Shadow, being illuminedby the Sun, will appear Rcddifh, in Conformi-ty to the Redncfs of its Luminary.O/Smoke. That Smoke, which is intcrpofed between,the Sun, and the Eye thatfees it, mull appearbrighter and more Tranlparcnt, than the Smoke feen fivni.fi 6 … Hy Leonardo da Vinci. 167 fecn in any other part of the Painting : Thefame thins may be obferved of Duft, Fog, andother like Bodies* which ought always to appearobfeure, when you are placed between them andthe Sun. Smoke is more tranfparent, and of a Colourlefs deep towards the Extremes of its…

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