We have here also a new illustration of the art of treating inclosed spaces.[[2]] An outlet is given to the room through the door opening into the farmyard. Across the yard stands a low cow-shed, in which a woman is seated milking a cow. This building, however, does not altogether block up the view from the dairy door. Above the roof is a strip of sky, and through a square window at the back is seen a bit of the meadow.
From Ronsard's "Hymn to St. Blaise," translated by Henry Naegely in J.F. Millet and Rustic Art.
See chapters ii. and vi.