A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . E OF LIGHT, BY IOI PAVL. LOMATIVS PAINTER OF MILANE.(# * *) « ? ? l»L Of the <verttte ofLJ°ht. CHAT. L (*****************^************) I g h t hath Co great force in piclures,that(in my Judg-ment) therein confifteth the whole grace thereof,if icbe welvnderftood; and contrariwifc, the difgrace ificbe not percciued. An evidentexaple whereof we mayfee in a body proportionably drawnc, which being yecwithout his Lights flieweth very beautiful,fb far forthas it is wrought:but if afterwards it thai be lhaddowedwithout iudg
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . E OF LIGHT, BY IOI PAVL. LOMATIVS PAINTER OF MILANE.(# * *) « ? ? l»L Of the <verttte ofLJ°ht. CHAT. L (*****************^************) I g h t hath Co great force in piclures,that(in my Judg-ment) therein confifteth the whole grace thereof,if icbe welvnderftood; and contrariwifc, the difgrace ificbe not percciued. An evidentexaple whereof we mayfee in a body proportionably drawnc, which being yecwithout his Lights flieweth very beautiful,fb far forthas it is wrought:but if afterwards it thai be lhaddowedwithout iudgment and arte, fo that the fhaddowes beeonf ufcdly placed where the lights ought to be, and contrariwife the lights•vhcre the middle of the ihaddowes fhould be3and the concavities and con-vexities disorderly futed, without any imitation of nature, it were better iehad never bin either drawne or lightned . Whereas having lights well dif-pofed,it doth not only adde perfection to the draught,but iofits it off fromthefiit 3 that it fcemes to be imboflcd. Mm ii. And. THE FOr^TB ZOOKE n a .r^kvertueandpowre confiftcth the chiefeft excellency of th» And in his vcrcue and po c0nccrneth him, by making painter: inlomuch as this r™« ™P f P / reafonof rhe ftrikingGf thefccounterfeitsfeemeto^aTmuch ailed^ oy 5 ^ light, as they are indeed, *the Can «s worke by fide ^ ^vfhich (as all men know) hath H±und depm, g ^.^ the fore part and the hinder. ^/^^ afterwards becomeththe carver intendeth to makers in the m»^^» the fi ht I fay this ^tr^X^ morcoucr,that aunoiy > fidalnefle of the oftfedraught,^^^ bec well draLightCannotddgr^ and proportionably bei towed mr g , beholder iomewhat oned and without mufck, ,1 c°nXTf feeing the mufcles and other ne- the more, by P^^^£$g£ nth:pu ^ ^^ intheC^^oUheCh irchoto^i , ^ ofhi^ingaMincolo^*^£*g^^J$^J^ Whereinmaybe^W^^ reprefentation of dcpleafingric accomphments tor the more ga p artlficiallie dii- perfeaion. but•J
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