Furniss, Dorothy · Pelham, N. Y. : Bridgman Publishers · leaf 155
t have noticed that the boat becomes smaller andsmaller as it nears the horizon; that a man climbing a distanthill or mountain is reduced eventually to a mere speck ; thata huge aeroplane looks no larger than a tiny fly among theclouds ? Therefore you have fully convinced yourself that objectsmust… … Fig. 46. Objects become Smaller as they Recede Drawing for Beginners to say, in the foreground—are largest; the things in themiddle, or middle distance, are smaller; and the thingsin the far distance, or background, are smallest. And toexplain these apparently simple facts we must exercise ourwits.…
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