The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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of the firelight because that side of the objects which you see is  
tinged by the darkness of the night and not by the fire; and those  
who stand at the side are half dark and half red; while those who  
are visible beyond the edges of the flame will be fully lighted by  
the ruddy glow against a black background. As to their gestures,  
make those which are near it screen themselves with their hands and  
cloaks as a defence against the intense heat, and with their faces  
turned away as if about to retire. Of those farther off represent  
several as raising their hands to screen their eyes, hurt by the  
intolerable glare.  
Of depicting a tempest (605. 606).  
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05.  
Describe a wind on land and at sea. Describe a storm of rain.  
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HOW TO REPRESENT A TEMPEST.  
If you wish to represent a tempest consider and arrange well its  
effects as seen, when the wind, blowing over the face of the sea and  
earth, removes and carries with it such things as are not fixed to  
the general mass. And to represent the storm accurately you must  
first show the clouds scattered and torn, and flying with the wind,  
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