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by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of the Back-grounds of painted Objects
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Chap. CXCVIII.—Of the Back-grounds of painted Objects.

The ground which surrounds the figures in any painting, ought to be darker than the light part of those figures, and lighter than the shadowed part.

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