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Thomas Da Vinci's A Treatise On Painting

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Thomas Da Costa said, “The projection of shadows is a problem that plagued artists and art theorists of the Renaissance.” Artists wanted to be able to define shadows and light, and accurately depict them in their work. “To the artists and art theorists of the Renaissance the proper depiction of shadows therefore held great interest.” It was difficult to locate Da Vinci’s direct questions on perspective and light; the majority of his works were journals and notes he made to himself throughout his daily life. In his collection, A Treatise on Painting, Leonardo argued that painting was a science. Da Vinci knew the significance of light and shadow in any field of study. In his words: “. . . There are many sciences which would be nothing without
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