546

spectator.

OF PAINTING.

The size of the figures represented ought to show you the distance they are seen from. If you see a figure as large as nature you know it appears to be close to the eye.

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

545 * 547

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

526,

527,

528,

529,

530

On the management of works.

531,

532

On the limitations of painting.

533,

534,

535

On the choice of a position.

536,

537

The apparent size of figures in a picture.

538,

539

spectator.

540,

541,

542,

543,

544,

545,

546,

547

Gradations of light and shade.

548

On the choice of light for a picture.

549,

550,

551,

552,

553,

554,

555

The distribution of light and shade.

556,

557,

558,

559

The juxtaposition of light and shade.

560,

561

On the lighting of the background.

562,

563,

564,

565

On the lighting of white objects.

566

. . .