536

On the choice of a position.

HOW HIGH THE POINT OF SIGHT SHOULD BE PLACED.

The point of sight must be at the level of the eye of an ordinary man, and the farthest limit of the plain where it touches the sky must be placed at the level of that line where the earth and sky meet; excepting mountains, which are independent of it.

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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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,

spectator.

540,

541,

542,

543,

544,

545,

546,

Gradations of light and shade.

On the choice of light for a picture.

549,

550,

551,

552,

553,

554,

The distribution of light and shade.

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