474

Light and shade on clouds.

Describe how the clouds are formed and how they dissolve, and what cause raises vapour.

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

473 * 475

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

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,

473

Light and shade on clouds.

474,

475,

476,

477

On images reflected in water.

478

Of rainbows and rain.

479,

480

Of flower seeds.

481

How to ascertain the dispositions for an artistic career.

482

The course of instruction for an artist.

483,

484,

485

The study of the antique.

486,

487

The necessity of anatomical knowledge.

488,

489

How to acquire practice.

490

Industry and thoroughness the first conditions.

491,

492

The artist’s private life and choice of company.

493,

494

. . .