A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Contrary Opinions in regard to Objects seen afar off
4016867A Treatise on Painting — Contrary Opinions in regard to Objects seen afar offJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCXCIX.Contrary Opinions in regard to Objects seen afar off.

Many painters will represent the objects darker, in proportion as they are removed from the eye; but this cannot be true, unless the objects seen be white; as shall be examined in the next chapter.