A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 335

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
The Difference of Climates to be observed
4017045A Treatise on Painting — The Difference of Climates to be observedJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCCXXXV.The Difference of Climates to be observed.

Near the sea-shore, and in southern parts, you will be careful not to represent the Winter season by the appearance of trees and fields, as you would do in places more inland, and in northern countries, except when these are covered with ever-greens, which shoot afresh all the year round.