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face becomes graceful. Thus, in every thing extremes are to be
avoided: Too much light gives crudeness; too little prevents our
seeing. The medium is best.
OF SMALL LIGHTS.
Again, lights cast from a small window give strong differences of
light and shade, all the more if the room lighted by it be large,
and this is not good for painting.
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17.
PAINTING.
The luminous air which enters by passing through orifices in walls
into dark rooms will render the place less dark in proportion as the
opening cuts into the walls which surround and cover in the
pavement.
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18.
OF THE QUALITY OF LIGHT.
In proportion to the number of times that a b goes into c d will
it be more luminous than c d. And similarly, in proportion as the
point e goes into c d will it be more luminous than c d; and
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