The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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and 11 as well as the circle above the text on Pl. XXXI, are in a  
paler ink and evidently added by a later hand in order to  
distinguish the text as belonging to the Libro di Pittura (see  
Prolegomena. No. 12, p. 3). The text on the left hand side of this  
page is given as Nos. 577 and 137.]  
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76.  
Where the shadow should be on the face.  
General suggestions for historical pictures (577-581).  
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77.  
When you compose a historical picture take two points, one the point  
of sight, and the other the source of light; and make this as  
distant as possible.  
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78.  
Historical pictures ought not to be crowded and confused with too  
many figures.  
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79.  
PRECEPTS IN PAINTING.  
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