A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE SHADDOWES OF Bo-dies ACCORDING TO THESIGHT ANOPTICAL. CHAT, Y purpofe is not, in this place to difpute of the natureof fhaddow,infomuch as we know that al! bod ies withoutlight, are of equall darknes,in refpe&ofour eie: (bthat they can never be apprehended Si feene thereof:But being lightnedjthey appere fo much the brighter,by how much their matter is grofler & thicker. So thatthe light difcovereth the colours of bodies. Whencewee fee, that the fhaddow participateth the colour ofthebody,whcnitisinlightned
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE SHADDOWES OF Bo-dies ACCORDING TO THESIGHT ANOPTICAL. CHAT, Y purpofe is not, in this place to difpute of the natureof fhaddow,infomuch as we know that al! bod ies withoutlight, are of equall darknes,in refpe&ofour eie: (bthat they can never be apprehended Si feene thereof:But being lightnedjthey appere fo much the brighter,by how much their matter is grofler & thicker. So thatthe light difcovereth the colours of bodies. Whencewee fee, that the fhaddow participateth the colour ofthebody,whcnitisinlightned, andnototherwife, infomuch that wherethe light decayeth, there alfo the fhaddow endeth; where it is fharpe, therelikewife the fhaddow is correfpondent ; where it is dilated, there the fhad-dow is extended; and to concludc,where the bodies are parted, the Lighttendeth to the fame}& the fhaddow to the colour. Whence it commeth topafle,that there be fo many forts of Lights, and as many of fhaddowes, asthere are diuerfities ofbodies. But as touching the fhaddowes aboue ourcic in the Anopticall fight, I holde, that howc much the more t
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