The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

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Author: Leonardo da Vinci

561.
OF SHADOWS.

Where a shadow ends in the light, note carefully where it is paler or deeper and where it is more or less indistinct towards the light; and, above all, in [painting] youthful figures I remind you not to make the shadow end like a stone, because flesh has a certain transparency, as may be seen by looking at a hand held between the eye and the sun, which shines through it ruddy and bright. Place the most highly coloured part between the light and shadow. And to see what shadow tint is needed on the flesh, cast a shadow on it with your finger, and according as you wish to see it lighter or darker hold your finger nearer to or farther from your picture, and copy that [shadow].

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Chicago: Leonardo da Vinci, "561. Of Shadows.," The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, trans. Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937 in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1970), Original Sources, accessed October 2, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USNMD8UJ49JPTRJ.

MLA: Vinci, Leonardo da. "561. Of Shadows." The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, translted by Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937, in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1970, Original Sources. 2 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USNMD8UJ49JPTRJ.

Harvard: Vinci, LD, '561. Of Shadows.' in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, trans. . cited in 1970, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Dover Publications, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 2 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USNMD8UJ49JPTRJ.