Index to Part Two: Relief, Colour, and Lineaments (chs. 110-124)
Tavola entries on the division of painting, proportion of limbs, and the paragone of relief
A page of the index (Tavola) to Part Two, running-head 'Tavola,' listing chapters 110-124 with folio references. The entries open with the defect of painters who draw in one light and display in another, then treat the division of painting, the division of the figure, and the proportion of limbs. A concluding series poses comparative questions on relief, lineaments, colour, and the movements of animals, weighing which matters more in painting.
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Divisions of painting and the figure
Early entries (chs. 111-113) set out the analytic divisions of the art. Headings cover painting and its division, the figure and its division, and the proportion of limbs, establishing the categories on which the following precepts depend.
Why painting cannot stand out like nature
A central group (chs. 116-120) treats relief and its limits. Headings include fleeing sharp profiles, how errors show less in small things than large, why painting can never appear as detached as natural things, why piling figures one above another is to be avoided, and which painting best makes things appear to stand out.
The paragone of relief, colour, and drawing
The closing entries (chs. 121-124) pose comparative questions. They weigh which is of more use, the lights and shadows of bodies or their lineaments; which matters more, animals' movement or their shadows and lights; whether the figure should abound in beauty of colours or great relief; and which is harder, shadows and lights or good drawing.
