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The imagination is to the effect as the shadow to the opaque body which causes the shadow.

The imagination is to the effect as the shadow to the opaque body which causes the shadow.

Leonardo da Vinci
Imagination, Shadow, Body
Leonardo da Vinci (2013). “Life, art and science, the thoughts of Leonardo”, p.89, Lulu.com

The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.

Leonardo da Vinci
Moving, Taken, Animal
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1956). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.431, Prabhat Prakashan

The variety of colour in objects cannot be discerned at a great distance, excepting in those parts which are directly lighted up by the solar rays.

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Distance, Rays, Colour
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.442, Delphi Classics

The instant the atmosphere is illuminated it will be filled with an infinite number of images which are produced by the various bodies and colours assembled in it. And the eye is the target, a lodestone, of these images.

Leonardo da Vinci
Eye, Numbers, Atmosphere
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.358, Delphi Classics

The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is illumined by the sun, unless the painting is placed in such a position that it will receive the same light from the sun as does the landscape.

Leonardo da Vinci
Color, Light, Landscape

A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of a landscape illuminated by the sun, and one overshadowed by clouds, and illuminated only by the diffused light of the atmosphere.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Travel, Clouds
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.77, GENERAL PRESS

O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and ruthless stepmother? I see thy children given into slavery to others without ever receiving any benefit, and in lieu of any reward for the services they have done for them they are repaid by the severest punishments.

Leonardo da Vinci
Mother, Art, Nature
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1906). “Note Books: Arranged and Rendered Into English, with Introd”

When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Travel, Differences
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.165, GENERAL PRESS

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