181

Shadow as produced by two lights of different size.

A light which is smaller than the body it illuminates produces shadows of which the outlines end within [the surface of] the body, and not much compound shadow; and falls on less than half of it. A light which is larger than the body it illuminates, falls on more than half of it, and produces much compound shadow.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

III: Six books on Light and Shade.

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161,

On the relation of derived and primary shadow.

163,

164,

On the shape of derived shadows.

166,

167,

168,

169,

170,

171,

172,

173,

On the relative intensity of derived shadows.

175,

176,

177,

178,

Shadow as produced by two lights of different size.

180,

The effect of light at different distances.

Further complications in the derived shadows.

183,

184,

185,

186,

On the shape of the cast shadows.

188,

189,

190,

On the outlines of cast shadows.

192,

193,

194,

On the relative size of shadows.

196,

Effects on cast shadows by the tone of the back ground.

A disputed proposition.

On the relative depth of cast shadows.

200,

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