A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 210

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud

Of Back-grounds

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4012120A Treatise on Painting — Of Back-groundsJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCX.—Of Back-grounds.

To give a great effect to figures, you must oppose to a light one a dark ground, and to a dark figure a light ground, contrasting white with black, and black with white. In general, all contraries give a particular force and brilliancy of effect by their opposition^[1].

↑ See the preceding chapter, and chap. cc.

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[1] See the preceding chapter, and chap. cc.

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