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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0130   CID56  Painting only to be viewed from some single Place

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Painting shou'd only be view'd from one single Place, as may be observ'd from the following Example. If you wou'd represent a round Bowl in any high Place, you must give your Figure an Oval Contour, retreating backwards till such time as it appear round.