The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete · Chapter 323That Shadows Cast by a Particular Light Should Be Avoided, Because They Are Equally Strong at the Ends and at the Beginning

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The shadows cast by the sun or any other particular light have not a pleasing effect on the body to which they belong, because the parts remain confuse, being divided by distinct outlines of light and shade. And the shadows are of equal strength at the end and at the beginning.

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