A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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Among Objects far distant from the Eye, be their Colours what they will, that which has the greatest Share, either of Natural, or Accidental Obscurity, will appear of the deepest, and the strongest Azure. Now Natural Obscurity, is that arising from the proper Colour of the Body: By accidental Obscurity, we mean that derived from the Shadows of other Bodies.