A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of Painting, and its Divisions
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Chap. IV.Of Painting, and its Divisions.

Painting is divided into two principal parts. The first is the figure, that is, the lines which distinguish the forms of bodies, and their component parts. The second is the colour contained within those limits.