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light.

That portion of an illuminated object which is nearest to the source of light will be the most strongly illuminated.

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

II * IV
Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
III: Six books on Light and Shade.
. . .
131
The difference between light and lustre.
132,
133,
134,
135
The relations of luminous to illuminated bodies.
136
Experiments on the relation of light and shadow within a room.
137,
138,
139,
140
Light and shadow with regard to the position of the eye.
141,
142,
143,
144,
145
The law of the incidence of light.
146,
147
Gradations of strength in the shadows.
148,
149
light.
150,
151,
152
On the proportion of light and shade.
153,
154,
155,
156,
157
Definition of derived shadow.
158,
159
Different sorts of derived shadows.
160,
161,
162
On the relation of derived and primary shadow.
163,
164,
165
On the shape of derived shadows.
166,
167,
168,
169,
170,
171
. . .