452

The cast shadow of trees.

The image of the shadow of any object of uniform breadth can never be [exactly] the same as that of the body which casts it.

[Footnote: See Pl. XXVIII, No. 5.]

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

451 * 453

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

432,

433,

434

A classification of trees according to their colours.

435

The proportions of light and shade in trees.

436,

437,

438,

439,

440

of the spectator.

441,

442,

443

The effects of morning light.

444,

445,

446,

447,

448

The effects of midday light.

449

The appearance of trees in the distance.

450,

451

The cast shadow of trees.

452

Light and shade on groups of trees.

453,

454,

455,

456,

457

On the treatment of light for landscapes.

458,

459,

460,

461,

462,

463,

464

On the treatment of light for views of towns.

465,

466,

467,

468,

469

The effect of wind on trees.

470,

471,

472

. . .