Index to Part Five: Rules for Lights, Shadows, Feigned Relief
Chapter list: placing lights and shadows on a figure, feigned relief, and outdoor light by sun and eye position
An index page from the fifth part of the Trattato della pittura, cataloguing rubrics 755-772 with leaf cross-references. It opens with rules for placing the correct shadows and lights on a figure or faceted body and for aiding the feigned relief of a painting with artful light and shade, then treats outdoor light according to the positions of the sun and the eye, and closes with the lustre of shadowy bodies. A running head and a foliation number are visible on the sheet but were not transcribed.
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Rules for lights, shadows, and feigned relief
The page opens with rules for placing the due shadows and lights on a figure or faceted body and for setting the true brightnesses on its sides. Further entries treat aiding the feigned relief of a painting with artful light and shade, and why an illuminated field around a cast shadow looks brighter indoors than in open country.
Sun and eye positions in the open country
A series of rubrics considers the situations of lights and shadows outdoors according to whether the sun stands in the east and the eye to the north, south, east, or west, with a reminder to the painter. Closing entries treat the finest showing of colors on shadowy bodies and the lustre said to be stronger on a black field.