A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . e the fight: for the lightwhichcommethtothecieina Pyramidall forme (asfhalbelTiewcdinthcbookeoflight) commeth with a blunter and bigger angle,and fo is feenemore evidently;whence arifeth a wonderfull cminencie,thc cfpcciall caufewhereof is, becauic there is much more ibadow then nccdethin that part,where the light decaicth moft:(b that the vifuall lines fayling, that part Co-meth to the eie in an acutcr and fharper angle, and therefore cannot beefeenc fo pcrfcctlie, infomiich that,that part feemcth to flic inwardes andj


A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . e the fight: for the lightwhichcommethtothecieina Pyramidall forme (asfhalbelTiewcdinthcbookeoflight) commeth with a blunter and bigger angle,and fo is feenemore evidently;whence arifeth a wonderfull cminencie,thc cfpcciall caufewhereof is, becauic there is much more ibadow then nccdethin that part,where the light decaicth moft:(b that the vifuall lines fayling, that part Co-meth to the eie in an acutcr and fharper angle, and therefore cannot beefeenc fo pcrfcctlie, infomiich that,that part feemcth to flic inwardes andjland farther off. Thus when the forcpartes of a bodie are much railed, and OF <P$10 PORTION. 21 and the hinder flic fufficiently inwardes, there appearcth a very greatheighming y Which giveth a wonderfuWjpirite: And after this forte 7V-furic begniled the eies of fuch,as beheld his moft admirable workes. Butbecaufe this whole volume confuting of 7 bookcs,contayneth nothing elsbut a large expofition of the Definition ofPainting, I will now proceedetotheDivifion. __ •. OF THE DIVISION OF PAINTING. QUA?. 77.


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