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On the treatment of light for landscapes.

OF LANDSCAPES.

The colours of the shadows in mountains at a great distance take a most lovely blue, much purer than their illuminated portions. And from this it follows that when the rock of a mountain is reddish the illuminated portions are violet (?) and the more they are lighted the more they display their proper colour.

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

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The effects of morning light.

444,

445,

446,

447,

The effects of midday light.

The appearance of trees in the distance.

450,

The cast shadow of trees.

Light and shade on groups of trees.

453,

454,

455,

456,

On the treatment of light for landscapes.

458,

459,

460,

461,

462,

463,

On the treatment of light for views of towns.

465,

466,

467,

468,

The effect of wind on trees.

470,

471,

472,

Light and shade on clouds.

474,

475,

476,

On images reflected in water.

Of rainbows and rain.

479,

Of flower seeds.

How to ascertain the dispositions for an artistic career.

The course of instruction for an artist.

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