The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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The conditions of shadow and light [as seen] by the eye are 3. Of  
these the first is when the eye and the light are on the same side  
of the object seen; the 2nd is when the eye is in front of the  
object and the light is behind it. The 3rd is when the eye is in  
front of the object and the light is on one side, in such a way as  
that a line drawn from the object to the eye and one from the object  
to the light should form a right angle where they meet.  
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14.  
OF PAINTING.  
This is another section: that is, of the nature of a reflection  
(from) an object placed between the eye and the light under various  
aspects.  
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OF PAINTING.  
As regards all visible objects 3 things must be considered. These  
are the position of the eye which sees: that of the object seen  
[with regard] to the light, and the position of the light which  
illuminates the object, b is the eye, a the object seen, c the  
light, a is the eye, b the illuminating body, c is the  
illuminated object.  
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