Percival, A. S. (Archibald Stanley), 1862- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 9
e pictures are usually intended to be viewed at a distance■of 13 feet, and the artists eye when painting is usually about 5 feetfrom the ground. In Fig. i the picture plane (P. PI.) is representedby PP and the eye of the artist (and of the observer) S at a distanceSC or 13 feet from the centre C of… … Fig. 1.Small pictures are usually viewed from a shorter distance sathat SC may be 2 feet or only 10 inches. The ground line G.L. in the picture need not represent the level of the ground, it.may indicate the level of a table as in Fig. 11. FIELD OF VIEW Now as the eye when fixed on the point of…
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