Applied perspective, for architects and painters (1901)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 36
adistance point in their inclined horizon. There will be further illustration of theseprinciples in the discussion of the measurement of inclined lines. It is understoodthat in these discussions horizon means a horizon in the picture, except where there isspecial reason for referring to the distant… … Tq. // jpl»uIT DISTANCE POINTS i5 picture plane. We assume the centre C, and the position of the front line ab, whichis the near edge of the squares on the half that lies flat, and draw the inclined linebe, also a front line, at the proper angle for the tilted half. From£ we measure off foursquares…
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