“The body which is nearest to the light casts the largest shadow, and why?”

— Leonardo Da Vinci

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
Context: The body which is nearest to the light casts the largest shadow, and why? If an object placed in front of a single light is very close to it you will see that it casts a very large shadow on the opposite wall, and the farther you remove the object from the light the smaller will the image of the shadow become.

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Italian Renaissance polymath 1452–1519

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