The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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nature of the outline (49).--Definition of perspective (50).--The  
perception of the object depends on the direction of the eye  
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51).--Experimental proof of the existence of the pyramid of sight  
52--55).--The relations of the distance point to the vanishing  
point (55--56).--How to measure the pyramid of vision (57).--The  
production of the pyramid of vision (58--64).--Proof by experiment  
(65--66).--General conclusions (67).--That the contrary is  
impossible (68).--A parallel case (69).--The function of the eye, as  
explained by the camera obscura (70--71).--The practice of  
perspective (72--73).--Refraction of the rays falling upon the eye  
(74--75).--The inversion of the images (76).--The intersection of  
the rays (77--82).--Demonstration of perspective by means of a  
vertical glass plane (83--85.)--The angle of sight varies with the  
distance (86--88).--Opposite pyramids in juxtaposition (89).--On  
simple and complex perspective (90).--The proper distance of objects  
from the eye (91--92).--The relative size of objects with regard to  
their distance from the eye (93--98).--The apparent size of objects  
denned by calculation (99--106).--On natural perspective (107--109).  
III.  
SIX BOOKS ON LIGHT AND SHADE  
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.--Prolegomena (110).--Scheme of the books on  
light and shade (111).--Different principles and plans of treatment  
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112--116).--Different sorts of light (117--118).--Definition of  
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