Hatton, Richard G · London, Chapman & Hall ld. · leaf 50
its natural vaguestate. What, however, is important to notice is that from thefront edge of the ground, wherever that may be, tothe back edge is an immense distance, expressed on adrawing by a very narrow ppace. The higher a point is,therefore, assuming it to be on the ground, up towardthe horizon,… … Fig. 12.—Five squares of equal size placed sncoessively at greaterdistances from the spectator. square becomes in the drawing a very sharp dianrond,with its two front edges making so large an angle as tobe very little removed from the straight. The two front edges of a square may thus be…
Perspective · Drawing
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