519

On the best light for painting.

That the light should fall upon a picture from one window only. This may be seen in the case of objects in this form. If you want to represent a round ball at a certain height you must make it oval in this shape, and stand so far off as that by foreshortening it appears round.

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.

. . .

499,

500,

A caution against one-sided study.

How to acquire universality.

503,

504,

505,

Useful games and exercises.

507,

On the size of the studio.

On the construction of windows.

510,

511,

On the best light for painting.

513,

514,

515,

516,

517,

518,

519,

On various helps in preparing a picture.

521,

522,

523,

524,

525,

526,

527,

528,

529,

On the management of works.

531,

On the limitations of painting.

533,

534,

On the choice of a position.

536,

The apparent size of figures in a picture.

538,

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