A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . HOW TO GIVE THE LIGHTS TO BODIES. CHJT. XXL. H1 s is a gcnerall rule, that the lights muft bee giuento bodies,according to the place throwgh which theypatfe, falling vppo eythcra wall or table paynted,which muft fweetcly reccave the fame, as if it wereembofled, and fo receaved it naturally. And thisfhouldebee donne with fuch a dexterity; that thelight doc euer touch more fuddainely in the middleline (fuppofing that part of thebodie which may befcene at one viewe to bee devided by * 5 lines, into 4 fpaccs cquall in *stit
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . HOW TO GIVE THE LIGHTS TO BODIES. CHJT. XXL. H1 s is a gcnerall rule, that the lights muft bee giuento bodies,according to the place throwgh which theypatfe, falling vppo eythcra wall or table paynted,which muft fweetcly reccave the fame, as if it wereembofled, and fo receaved it naturally. And thisfhouldebee donne with fuch a dexterity; that thelight doc euer touch more fuddainely in the middleline (fuppofing that part of thebodie which may befcene at one viewe to bee devided by * 5 lines, into 4 fpaccs cquall in *stith*$aii§power.) Kt>8»r*a. Now the painter muft fuppofe one of thefe 4 (paces to bee loft , andthe other 3 to appearc : imagining that thefe 3 fpaces which arefeene,bee divided by foure lines, cquall in a * perfpe&iuc fcmicirclc , making * sn^t/dnH,thechiefc light to ftrikc more ftronglie vppon the fecond line; and in thefccondfpacc Iightned, (whichisconfequentlyto bee placed in the thirdline) heefhall put afmuch fhaddowe as hec feeth, and by this meanesfhall the figure bee wonderfully rayfed, and a greatc
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