That section asserts that art must represent the intersection of a visual pyramid in order to create a vanishing point.
One anecdote in this work discusses how King Demetrius refused to burn down Rhodes lest he accidentally destroy a masterpiece by Protogenes. This work asserts that the color white does not have the power to alter another color but create can only a new species after outlining a theory of "four genera of color" corresponding to the number of elements. The last section cites a painting showing the personified Calumny sneaking up on a man with donkey ears to describe the importance of creating a "historia" to seize the imagination. This work's second section discusses the difference between shadows produced by the sun and stars as opposed to the shadows produced by lamps and fire. That section asserts that art must represent the intersection of a visual pyramid in order to create a vanishing point. Dedicated to Filippo Brunelleschi, for 10 points, name this treatise on the craft of titular art form, written by Leon Battista Alberti.
One anecdote in this work discusses how King Demetrius refused to burn down Rhodes lest he accidentally destroy a masterpiece by Protogenes.
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