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49.
HOW THE PAINTER MUST PLACE HIMSELF WITH REFERENCE TO THE LIGHT,
TO
GIVE THE EFFECT OF RELIEF.
Let a b be the window, m the point of light. I say that on
whichever side the painter places himself he will be well placed if
only his eye is between the shaded and the illuminated portions of
the object he is drawing; and this place you will find by putting
yourself between the point m and the division between the shadow
and the light on the object to be drawn.
5
50.
THAT SHADOWS CAST BY A PARTICULAR LIGHT SHOULD BE AVOIDED,
BECAUSE
THEY ARE EQUALLY STRONG AT THE ENDS AND AT THE BEGINNING.
The shadows cast by the sun or any other particular light have not a
pleasing effect on the body to which they belong, because the parts
remain confuse, being divided by distinct outlines of light and
shade. And the shadows are of equal strength at the end and at the
beginning.
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