4005664A Treatise on Painting — Of the Point of SightJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CXVIII.Of the Point of Sight.

The point of sight must be on a level with the eyes of a common-sized man, and placed upon the horizon, which is the line formed by a flat country terminating with the sky. An exception must be made as to mountains, which are above that line.